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‘Joy...in the Morning’
Telling God ‘Take Your time’
BY
Dotty Moore
“Time and tide wait for no man,” states an old English
proverb. No matter how hard we might try, we can’t grab hold
of time and slow it down. And yet, I fear, it’s not time we’d
like to put the skids on. It’s life. Life, no matter how fast-
paced, can not keep in sync with the ticking of the clock. The
clock ticks at the same speed, day in and day out, while life races on. And we, you and I, strive to keep up.
When is the last time you or I told anyone, or anyone told us, “Take your time”?
Taking our time is virtually an extinct concept. It’s been replaced by: Hurry up. Get to it. Do it yesterday. Don’t think, just do.
Whatever happened to the idea of taking enough time to do something right, and actually enjoy doing it? Which generation, perhaps the one just now being weaned from diapers, will be the last to ever have known anyone old enough to remember the good old days when time served man, not the other way around?
Ironically, as much as we demand speed of action, thought and decision, we still have sense enough to wish things could be different. Also ironically, as much as we wish we could be given the luxury of taking our good old time to accomplish our jobs or tasks these days, we seldom, if ever, offer the Lord this courtesy. We don’t say to Him, “Lord, take Your time.”
What might happen if we did? What might our lives be like if we expressed to God that we trust His judgment regarding His timing of the things we pray about? His timing surrounding the agonies we endure? The burdens we struggle with? The problems we think we can’t deal with another minute, let alone another day? Beyond that, what if God actually does take His time and doesn’t appear to respond to our need until we label it “too late”?
Far too often we, men and women alike, rush ahead of time, especially ahead of God. There’s no telling what a difference we might see in 2003 if we began loosening the reins on God. Yes, it’s great we hang on to Him, but it’s not so great that we try to steer Him, control Him and spur Him faster and faster. That’s not a display of confidence, it’s arrogance. We’re trying to tell Him we trust Him at the same time we’re yelling hurry up.
Assuming God might like to hear you and I say, “Take Your time, Lord. You know what You’re doing. And that’s all that matters to me,” then let’s do just that. Will you pray with me:
Dear Heavenly Father, I trust You. I trust Your timing. I trust Your tenderness. I trust Your eternal sense of how and when things will be done. You, and You alone, know what’s right about speed versus the fullness of time. Help me to give You what is Yours anyway: the power, the wisdom, the strength and the responsibility to bring about everything in Your time, Your way. In the Name of Jesus. Amen.
Dotty Moore
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