God's Perfect Timing

By Rayma Zugel
      Lead Center Director

Have you been waiting for what seems like a long time for God to answer a prayer? Do you sometimes wonder to yourself whether it’s ever going to happen?

Let me encourage you with this:

God has established the perfect moment in time for the fulfillment of His promises. Mark 11:24  “Therefore I tell you. Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.” (ESV)

God’s timing is always perfect. He orders everything with perfect synchronicity and symmetry. Nothing escapes your Father’s notice.

Matthew 10:29 – 31: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

God hears every prayer instantly. Before a word passes your lips, God hears, and He always answers. We just need to trust that He is God and that His answer will come at the appointed time.

This was what Cassie (name changed) experienced just recently. Cassie is a single mother of three school aged children. As the summer quickly wound down Cassie was trying to figure out how she was going to buy her children the school supplies they needed. It seems that each year the list gets longer and longer, and Cassie was beginning to stress. But God!

A group of believers from a local church wanted to support the clients of Care Net with a Back to School Drive. The Pastor contacted the Center Director for a list of names. Cassie happened to be one of them. When the Director called Cassie to explain what this local church had in mind she started to cry. She had just shared with someone that she didn’t know how she was going to get any part of the supplies needed for her children. Then, not only did this local church provide supplies for her children, Cassie told us, “They supplied more than I could have even imagined!”

Isn’t that just like our God? Philippians 4:19 “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”

We so often forget how short our life is and let the small things get to us and not trust God and His promises. Our lives are in the hands of Almighty God and everything is in His timing, not ours. The next time life tries to get the better of you, remember this, “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.”

God’s got this and it is all in His perfect timing.