Dear Daily Message Readers,
READ:Proverbs 16:1-9; Psalm 20
Psalm 20:4 (NIV) "May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."
Are you a timekeeper? You know, are you the type of person that is always looking at your watch? Do people ask for or count on you to keep time or carry your watch around with you? If this sounds like you at any level, then you are a timekeeper!
The most amazing fact about clocks are that they record mans time to the second. Many people have personal organizers to help them plan their time and remember appointments. And everyone, including timekeepers, are uneasy until their schedule for the day or week is set, and they get cranky when it gets thrown off.
Gods clock is different from our best time keeping abilities, however. His timing often disrupts our schedule, despite our best efforts to stay in control. Accepting His timetable in all decisions big and small is a tough part of spiritual maturity. Though interruptions, slowdowns, layoffs, changes, and accidents are part of life and may throw us for a loop, God is never surprised by any of them. He knows exactly what we need when we need it, and if we are faithful in waiting, He will bless us with heavenly rewards.
The apostle Paul understood the pain of waiting. He tried to get to Rome for months but kept being delayed (Romans 1:13-15). You may have a trip planned, a ministry event on the calendar, a job decision settled, or special event lined up in the next few months. However, unless you "commit to the Lord whatever you do," your plans, goals, hopes, and aspirations will not succeed (Proverbs 16:3).
When things break or when plans change, how should we respond? We need to step back, trust God, and wait to see how He is going to use the situation for His glory. Faith Lesson: Because God is in control, we have nothing to fear if our plans, dreams, and schedules are entrusted to His care.
In Christ,
Darin Smith
READ:Proverbs 16:1-9; Psalm 20
Psalm 20:4 (NIV) "May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."
Are you a timekeeper? You know, are you the type of person that is always looking at your watch? Do people ask for or count on you to keep time or carry your watch around with you? If this sounds like you at any level, then you are a timekeeper!
The most amazing fact about clocks are that they record mans time to the second. Many people have personal organizers to help them plan their time and remember appointments. And everyone, including timekeepers, are uneasy until their schedule for the day or week is set, and they get cranky when it gets thrown off.
Gods clock is different from our best time keeping abilities, however. His timing often disrupts our schedule, despite our best efforts to stay in control. Accepting His timetable in all decisions big and small is a tough part of spiritual maturity. Though interruptions, slowdowns, layoffs, changes, and accidents are part of life and may throw us for a loop, God is never surprised by any of them. He knows exactly what we need when we need it, and if we are faithful in waiting, He will bless us with heavenly rewards.
The apostle Paul understood the pain of waiting. He tried to get to Rome for months but kept being delayed (Romans 1:13-15). You may have a trip planned, a ministry event on the calendar, a job decision settled, or special event lined up in the next few months. However, unless you "commit to the Lord whatever you do," your plans, goals, hopes, and aspirations will not succeed (Proverbs 16:3).
When things break or when plans change, how should we respond? We need to step back, trust God, and wait to see how He is going to use the situation for His glory. Faith Lesson: Because God is in control, we have nothing to fear if our plans, dreams, and schedules are entrusted to His care.
In Christ,
Darin Smith
