It seems everyone I know is waiting for some major change in their lives—waiting to sell a house; waiting to buy a house; waiting for retirement; waiting for a job; waiting to get married; waiting for a baby; waiting for the stock market to go up; or just waiting for an answer to some very important prayer.
Isn’t it good to know that, as the Psalmist says, “My times are in Your hands”? No one but God knows the proper timing of all things.
In pride and ignorance, Moses breached God’s timing. Knowing that he was called to be the deliverer of the Hebrews, he rushed ahead of divine timing. Killing an Egyptian soldier and incurring the wrath of the Pharaoh, his Hebrew brothers rejected his help; he had only made things worse. Exiled to the desert for the next 40 years, while God was working on Moses (humbling him), He was also working with the Jews. As the abuse and dominance of the Pharaoh increased (not giving them any straw to make bricks), they were compelled to cry out to God for help. Now they were ready to leave Egypt. And now they were ready for Moses.
While you and I are waiting for God to move on our behalf, we must never forget that it is not only about us—He is working in others as well. All things are moving in His time.
Remember: “God acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him” (Is. 64:4). And if you don't wait, He can't act!
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