perfect timing

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12

I have plans. I think everyone has plans for their life.. it’s kind of normal to hope and dream different things. Have you ever just wanted something more than anything and had the pervasive feeling like God just wouldn’t let you have it? I don’t know where I get this idea that God would ever hold out on me or that He doesn’t have my best interests at heart, because I know He does.. It’s funny how we can want something to work out (in our finite way of perceiving) and really hold on to its outcome being how we want it to be.

God kind of woke me up to the fact that I don’t need to stress about things in that regard. In fact, the other day I felt a strong impression that I didn’t have to worry about the future, my dreams, my hope or longings. I felt as though His Spirit was saying to me, “Don’t you know that I have good things planned for you, that you are completely taken care of in every way”? The amazing thing about God is that His plan is so much bigger than I can possibly imagine… so why would I want to grasp at crumbs when He has prepared a feast before me? It’s funny how the world has a mentality of “take whatever you can get” and God completely contradicts that mindset. God is BIG. Really big. So big that in my limited perspective and comprehension I can’t even begin to see how far His plan reaches and how He will put everything together in such a way as to execute His will perfectly.

It has taken a while, but I have begun to rest in that. To rest in God and the truth that He is in control and that in my own hands I might be able to come up with something good – but in God’s hands there is a masterpiece just waiting to unfold. My hopes and longings are fulfilled in God as His plan unfolds.. and that is a beautiful thing. There is no fear of disappointment or inadequacy. He is in control and everything will unfold as it should in perfect timing.