He’s Got You
If there is one thing I have learned in my almost 50 years of walking with Jesus, it is that His timing is most certainly not my timing. For one thing, our perspectives are entirely different. I view time in light of my stay on earth, whereas He views time in light of eternity. That is quite a difference! No wonder, when I pray for something, His answer often comes later than I wanted. He is not in a hurry, yet He is always on time-on His time. We read in Psalm 31:14-15a New American Standard Bible:
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in Your hand
As a mom, working part-time as a pediatric telehealth nurse and caring for our big family (five kids), quite often, I felt like I was putting my own desires aside in order to serve our family. It was my choice to do that, and I loved doing that. I knew that God had “my times” in His hands. He had good works for me to do as we see in Ephesians 2:10 NASB:
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
When I invite a family over for dinner, I take time to prepare. I clean the house really well. Many times I cook ahead or arrange a nice table setting before they get there. When someone takes time to prepare something ahead of time, they are being intentional about their purposes. God took the time and effort to prepare the good works beforehand for us to walk in, so it makes sense that He would also have a proper TIME for us to walk in them. And caring for and serving our family was one of the GOOD WORKS He prepared me to do. Helping countless families with their sick children as a Telehealth nurse was another.
God is in charge of our time here on earth as we see in Job 14:5 NASB:
Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
Yes, God has DETERMINED our days and numbered our months. Our time is WITH HIM. I find that comforting. Our time here is a treasure. If you have a treasure, you want to place that treasure with a person who will keep it safe. That person must be trustworthy and capable. God is both. He keeps our days, our months, our times. And yet, we have a part to play when it comes to our time, also. We are given this finite amount of time here on earth, and it is our treasured commodity. How will we spend this limited treasure of time that is entrusted to us? He has set a limit to how long we will be here. This is good news! Why? Because when we are not on earth, we will be with God in heaven for eternity!
It is our decision how to spend this limited commodity of time. God has entrusted it to each one of us. We gain some guidance from Him as to how to spend it in Psalm 90: 12 NASB:
So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
Numbering our days means realizing that they are not limitless. To present to Him a heart full of wisdom, we have to take time to put His wisdom into our hearts through Bible study and prayer.
And there is more. Not only is God the One who holds our times in His hands and the one who prepares the good works for us to walk in, God further reassures us in Isaiah 33: 6 NASB:
And He shall be the stability of your times, a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge…
Yes, He is the STABILITY of our times.
So moms, let’s trust God knowing that
HE HOLDS OUR TIMES IN HIS HAND.
In His Love,
Suzanne
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