ECC 3:11 NIV ~ He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Timing is everything. How many
times have we heard that? Being patient is not something most people today are
willing to be. We live in a society of right now – this minute! We don’t want
to wait for anything. As I write this, it brings back one of many memories
regarding not only being patient, but trusting God while you wait. This may
sound silly but it’s true. I have a thing about my bananas not having any brown
spots on them whatsoever! My mom used to always tell me that if there were some
brown spots, the banana is ripe and therefore sweeter. She said we needed to
wait for them to ripen. It didn’t look perfect on the outside but on the inside
it was just the way it was made to taste. She used to drive me nuts when she
wanted to make banana pudding. They would be so brown! But her banana pudding
was always great, and it was one of my favorites.
While we don’t like waiting, God
has us where we are because we may not be fully ripe yet. He wants us to be
that sweet delicious and perfectly ripe piece of fruit so we can handle all He
has for us. I encourage you today not to give up if you’re in the “ripening” phase.
God will bring you out better than you were before!
Sometimes I look back on my life,
and I think about the times that I’ve begged, pleaded and cried out to God to
bring some of His promises to pass and I would get so discouraged, but now I
understand God’s perfect timing and His perfect will for my life. So I don’t get
discouraged or upset as much. Instead I pray and let God do His work.
