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God's time is not the same as human time. We live in chronological or sequential time, which can be measured in seconds, hours, months, years. God is eternal and timeless. He moves in what we call the kairos time: this is an opportune, undetermined moment, favorable for His divine will to be fulfilled.
We like to plan everything down to the minute. We make precise plans for a few hours, a day, three or five years ahead. However, only God knows what the future holds for us and what the perfect moment is for all those things we long for to happen.
The Bible says in Isaiah 55:8-9 that neither God's thoughts nor His ways are ours. In fact, God's ways are higher than ours, higher than the heavens above the earth! That is why, many times, we fail to understand God's timing. Why doesn't He act when I want? Why doesn't He move the way I would like? Why does He make me wait?
A clear and powerful example is the birth of Jesus. There were prophecies about His birth many years before He came to Earth (see Isaiah 7 and 9 and Micah 4, for example). The people of Israel had to wait a long time, but in Galatians 4:4-5 we read that Jesus came to Earth at the precise moment, when the time had fully come.
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
- Galatians 4:4-5
The "set time" or "fullness of time" mentioned in the text refers to God’s kairos time. Without a doubt, there were many who longed to see the Messiah but died without seeing the fulfillment of the promises. But in God's timely and opportune moment, Jesus came into the world. The long-awaited Messiah arrived!
Jesus Himself submitted to God's timing, patiently waiting for the right moment to do everything, as we read in John 7:1-7 and Mark 1:15. Even though He was God incarnate, He did not rush nor act when He wanted. He waited for the Father's timing.
In Ecclesiastes 3, we read, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” There is a specific time in which we are born and one in which we die. There is a time to weep and a time to laugh. All these moments can be marked on a calendar with date and time. But in reality, it is God who knows the right time for everything to happen, and everything occurs within His plan.
Read: Explanation of Ecclesiastes 3: A Time for Everything (Bible Study)
We are here in this moment of history because God decided it. We could have been born in another era, but God wanted us to be here on Earth at this time. Why? Because He knows the best moment, the right time for each person. He is sovereign and rules over time.
In 2 Peter 3:8, we read, “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” The next verse in that chapter tells us the reason why things happen in God's time:
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
- 2 Peter 3:9
Everything God does or allows is part of His redemptive plan for humanity. His desire is for everyone to repent, to receive His love and salvation. His love, justice, and compassion are behind His actions and His times of waiting. If He waits, or makes us wait, it is out of love, even though it may be difficult for us to understand.
But the truth is that, in God's time, everything is fulfilled as He has promised, without delay, according to His perfect timing.
But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 12:25
The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.
- Isaiah 60:22
However, many times, God makes us wait longer than we would like. He hears us, speaks to us, assures us that He has not forgotten us, but still makes us wait. Why? Because His perfect time has not yet come for what we desire to happen. But without a doubt, when we wait for the Lord's time, the result is better than we imagined.
So, if you find yourself right now waiting for something God has promised you, wait with patience and a heart full of faith. When the perfect time of God comes, you will see the promise fulfilled, and it will be much more wonderful than what you asked for or could have imagined. Trust in God!
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