In our finite minds, sometimes it is hard to conceive that God, who is infinite, chooses the timing that is best for us. In our world of instant gratification for just about everything, we want to hurry it all up. But we need to trust that God knows exactly what He is doing and how to do things at the right time for all of us.

God could have sent Abraham and Sarah a son when they were younger, but then what kind of miracle would that have been and how would it have grown their faith? Abraham is known as a man of faith because he believed that God would fulfill His promise in spite of the fact that he was old.

Christ came to the world at just the right time, but He also came into each of our lives at just the right time. When Christ was introduced to me, I was alone in my first apartment, lonely and really needing friendships. A neighbor became my friend and introduced me to the Savior who would be my eternal friend, especially needed as less than a year later, I became a military wife and began a series of moves to new places where I leaned in to Jesus, His guidance and His love.

When we are having a tough time, we wonder where is God and why He is not immediately rescuing us. The answer is that God can use what we go through to teach us more about Him, His character and His deep love for us. If He always intervenes right away, we don’t learn anything but to expect Him to stop the pain and then we go on our merry way. The expectation of God is that we humble ourselves before Him, wait for Him to act and appreciate whatever He does for us. It may not be the answer we expect or in the time we wanted it, but whenever God answers will be what is best for us and at the perfect time for us.

Waiting is hard, but not waiting may have consequences that we don’t really want to go through.