One time I told the kids we were going to go camping. In a flash, they had their bags packed and the kids were in the car honking the horn. I had to go and tell them that I didnt mean we were going right NOW, but a few days later. funny how kids think that when you say something, it has to happen right away.
A few months ago, God gave me a vision. Then He gave me clear confirmation that it was something He was going to do.
Immediately I started moving forward in obedience to His call. But things weren’t just falling together as quickly as I had expected. So I started getting a little discouraged and began questioning myself and whether I was really discerning God’s will or not.
I thought that if I had really heard from The Lord, then I should just plow forward and make it happen. But, I began to realize that I need to trust God’s timing. After all, God promised Abraham a son and it was 25 years later when Isaac was born. So why should He be so swift to carry out his promise in my life?
I decided in my heart that I would no longer be frustrated and just let it rest in His hands, and he would carry it out in His own perfect time. I was even explaining this to my wife and a friend yesterday afternoon. If God had given me clear direction, then my responsibility is to take steps of obedience in that direction, but let Him open the doors in His own timing.
Then last night as I was reading, I was led to Habakkuk 2:2, a verse I had initially used to cause me to write down the things that God had told me about what He was about to do. “Write the message plainly on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.”
But I hadn’t read verse 3. In it, God says, and in that moment spoke very clearly to me,
“The vision is for a future time.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
For it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.”
I was given a renewed sense of faith in what God had shown me and the steps of obedience I had taken so far. Now it is up to Him to put it all together and fulfill what He has shown me.
If you are waiting on God for something He has promised, don’t lose heart. He doesn’t have to act on our timing, He does it in His own. He knows when it’s right and what may seem like a delay in our view is not a delay at all. It’s just our own impatience to see things done immediately.
All the promises of God are Yea and Amen in Christ Jesus.
God bless you today