Right Thing, Wrong Time
“Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come. After saying this, he remained in Galilee. But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.”
John 7:6-10
Timing matters to God. We see it all throughout Scripture. There is a time to plant and a time to harvest, a time to speak and a time to stay silent, a time for war and a time for peace. Jesus lived perfectly in rhythm with His Father’s timing. He was never early, never late, never hurried, and never hesitant. When His brothers mocked Him and told Him to show Himself to the world, they were actually touching on something true.
Jesus would one day be revealed to all nations, lifted up for all to see. But it was not time yet. They wanted Him to move according to their expectations. Jesus refused. He would not be driven by pressure, pride, or public opinion. He waited for the Father’s direction.
How often do we rush ahead of God. We hear His calling but decide to take it into our own hands. We know what He wants to do but do not wait on how and when He wants to do it.
The opposite can be true as well. Some of us wait so long for a perfect sign that we never move at all. Both are mistakes of timing. The first ignores His wisdom; the second ignores His voice. True obedience listens for both the what and the when.
There is a spiritual maturity that comes only through learning to walk at God’s pace. It requires humility to trust His timing when everything in you wants to push forward. It takes faith to stay when others are running ahead and courage to step out when others are standing still. But every time you align your life with His timing, you experience His peace.
Ask the Lord today to order your steps. Ask Him to make you sensitive to His rhythm, willing to wait, and ready to move when He says go. God’s timing will never rob you of anything good. It will always place you where His grace can sustain you and His glory can be seen.
John 7:6-10
Timing matters to God. We see it all throughout Scripture. There is a time to plant and a time to harvest, a time to speak and a time to stay silent, a time for war and a time for peace. Jesus lived perfectly in rhythm with His Father’s timing. He was never early, never late, never hurried, and never hesitant. When His brothers mocked Him and told Him to show Himself to the world, they were actually touching on something true.
Jesus would one day be revealed to all nations, lifted up for all to see. But it was not time yet. They wanted Him to move according to their expectations. Jesus refused. He would not be driven by pressure, pride, or public opinion. He waited for the Father’s direction.
How often do we rush ahead of God. We hear His calling but decide to take it into our own hands. We know what He wants to do but do not wait on how and when He wants to do it.
The opposite can be true as well. Some of us wait so long for a perfect sign that we never move at all. Both are mistakes of timing. The first ignores His wisdom; the second ignores His voice. True obedience listens for both the what and the when.
There is a spiritual maturity that comes only through learning to walk at God’s pace. It requires humility to trust His timing when everything in you wants to push forward. It takes faith to stay when others are running ahead and courage to step out when others are standing still. But every time you align your life with His timing, you experience His peace.
Ask the Lord today to order your steps. Ask Him to make you sensitive to His rhythm, willing to wait, and ready to move when He says go. God’s timing will never rob you of anything good. It will always place you where His grace can sustain you and His glory can be seen.
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