Let God be God...

​          God is not slack concerning His promises. If He says it HE will make it happen. However, too many times we try to make it happen. Think about Abraham and Sarah. They tried to do it themselves. God told Abraham that he would make him a great nation (Genesis 12:2a) and because time was elapsing and his wife was still barren they decided that maybe God did not mean to bring it to pass through his wife after all (Genesis 16:1-2). When God seems to be taking long to fulfill His Word we start thinking the wrong things; we start trying to figure it out, to see how we can logically make it happen. This is where problems come ... when we, with our finite understanding try to “figure out” God’s infinite ways. But, His ways and thoughts are not ours, they are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9). We can never figure God out but from since time immemorial, we keep trying to do just that. 
          Joseph never believed that God would bring his dream to pass the way He did ... but HE did. He went through hell before he finally got promoted. Yet, his attitude during this season was important. And as he faced trial after trial, his attitude was important during EACH trial (Genesis 39). God was more interested in what He wanted to teach him on his way to the palace than his actually getting to the palace. God is more interested in our character and will allow us to fall and get back up once we learn the lesson and we learn it well. 
          God was increasing Abraham’s and Sarah’s faith in Him as well. He wanted them to trust Him that if He gave this Word to a man with a barren wife, He knew what He was doing; he knew how He was going to make it happen; that wasn’t their concern. But waiting has always been our problem. 
          Years ago, a few years into our marriage, my husband and I decided that it was time to have children. I stopped taking contraceptives and the wait began but nothing happened. At one point, we thought I was pregnant but when we went to the doctor and did some tests, we found out that I had polycystic ovaries. I had never heard of that condition before. I wondered if I had done something to bring on the condition but that wasn’t the case, it was just one of those things... I was told that it wasn’t too serious and was put on a six-month treatment to help me get pregnant. There were times I would get impatient and then there were times I would simply trust God. It was a bit difficult at times knowing that my husband really loved children but I could not give him any as easily as I had hoped. During this time, I also began my undergraduate studies at University and towards the end of that four-year period of study I became concerned that I might become pregnant and have to interrupt and so prolong my studies. However, I was learning and choosing to trust God looking at different examples of barren women in the Bible. I learned that God is the One who could close and open a womb if He so chose. I was strangely excited because my understanding made me believe that I would become pregnant ... but when GOD was ready. That somehow gave me comfort because I realized that my children would come at God’s perfect timing. 
          That season was a season of great faith for me. I truly believed that God would do it and in His perfect timing. I did get concerned when my husband said that if I did not become pregnant by a certain time we would visit another doctor because by this time a few years had passed. I wanted to trust God completely without any medical intervention. And God did not disappoint me. I believe He honored my faith in Him. I completed my studies and graduated from University in October. Some weeks later I became pregnant. I don’t know about you but that was perfect timing for me. God knew I wanted to complete my Degree; He knew I did not want to go to another doctor and undergo more treatment. God knew and understood my heart’s desire to put my complete trust in Him. Now almost fifteen years later, I have not one but three children! I think sometimes God just loves to show up and show off!
          God doesn’t work with our timing or our plans for how things should be done. He moves by His Word and His purpose. If things don’t line up with that then it won’t happen. God is not afraid to wait like we are because He knows timing and purpose are important. Isaac could not have come earlier; Joseph could not have been promoted before or in a different way; and I could not have had children any other way because it built my faith in my God. 
       God orchestrated everything, according to His timing, His purpose, His thoughts, His way of doing things. That’s why He is God and we are not. We may be created in His image but we are NOT Him. We will never be Him and that’s fine because we would never need Him and He created us to need Him, someone bigger, stronger, wiser, more powerful, more able ... GOD!
         If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ into your life as Lord and Savior I encourage you to invite Him into your life now and watch and see how His dreams, plans and timing for you will turn out to be even better than anything you could have planned for yourself.

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