God's timing is perfect 

Intellectually we can know that God's timing is perfect, but when He makes us wait, or when we feel that He is not helping us in our difficulties, we may hesitate. However, the Bible shows that God is the teacher of time and acts at just the right time - everything God does is for our good! 

Let's look at some of the most dramatic events in history:

The children of Israel were afraid of the mighty Egyptian army when they were trapped by the sea, when suddenly the sea opened up, giving them an escape route!

The Israelites were undecided between the prophets of Baal and the true God, but Elijah prayed and the fire from heaven cremated the offering soaked in water, wood, and even the altar stones!

Daniel was caught faithfully praying to the true God without caring about the consequences of the new law imposed by the Medes and Persians. As punishment Daniel was cast into the den of ravenous lions, but God sent an angel to shut the lions' mouths!

Immediately after denying Christ the third time, Peter heard the rooster crow, just as Jesus had predicted!

God's time and our faith

God is eternal. God exists outside of time because He created it, and is not limited by it. This is something that is still difficult for us to understand with our time limited mind.

However, God is a master of time. One could even say that he is the master of melodramatic time sometimes waiting until the last minute. But this he does for our good so that we may grow in faith. God's time allows us to practice faith, and gives us a foundation to strengthen it.

God's time shows his patience

When the apostle Peter predicted that in the last days people would scoff and say that Jesus would never return, he also helped us better understand God's times and his patience. Peter explained: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this: that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3: 8).

God can manage time as necessary in order to fulfill his purpose. And its purpose is always for the good of all. Peter continued: "The Lord does not delay his promise, as some consider it to be late, but he is patient with us, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (v. 9).

God has a plan that very few people understand and wants to give each person a true and complete opportunity to repent and be saved.

God does not judge anything prematurely, nor does He want us to do so. This is how the apostle Paul explained it:

“So do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes, who will also clarify the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the intentions of the hearts; and then each one will receive his praise from God ”(1 Corinthians 4: 5).

At the right moment, Jesus Christ will return. And at the right time, each will be judged.

Just in time and at the perfect moment

There are many action movies that desperately show the countdown until a bomb explodes, or that oxygen is about to run out, or that an asteroid is going to destroy the planet. The heroes of these movies must always figure out exactly how to solve the complex situation they find themselves in, and they only have hundredths of a second to do it!

Right now God is optimizing and helping over seven billion people and billions of factors! All of these intermingle in the most complex and unimaginable ways, yet God will provide the best possible outcome for all involved.

Now imagine that you have millions of factors to consider. Right now God is optimizing and helping over seven billion people and billions of factors! All of these intermingle in the most complex and unimaginable ways, yet God will provide the best possible outcome for all involved.

Still, this life can be a difficult journey for all of us.

Our human reasoning about God's timing

During this life, we may lose sight of the guidance and help that the hand of God offers us. We can feel abandoned by God and think that we are not interested.

Consider King David's lament: “How long, Eternal? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?" (Psalms 13: 1).

When we go through trials, we can feel fragile and desperately plead with God as David did: "Time is to act, O Eternal, Because they have invalidated your law" (Psalms 119: 126).

Our merciful God understands our impatience and how fleeting our life is. But He gives us answers and teaches us about his times and why humanly speaking it seems that he is falling behind.

God's response

When we ask impatiently why God does not act and why He does not immediately answer our prayers, God patiently answers. He assures us that He never tires and is almighty to help us. His innumerable reasons may be beyond our comprehension at this time, but we can be sure that his decisions for us are perfect in the long term and for eternity. Through the prophet Isaiah, God reminds us:

“Have you not known, have you not heard that the eternal God is God, who created the ends of the earth? He does not falter, nor does he tire with fatigue, and his understanding cannot be reached. He gives effort to the weary, and multiplies the strength of the one who has none. The boys tire and tire, the youth falter and fall; but those who await the Eternal will have new strength; They will lift wings like eagles; they will run, and they will not tire; they will walk, and they will not be weary ”(Isaiah 40: 28-31, emphasis added).

When we try harder to see things from God's perspective then we receive his strength, which helps us understand his will in a better way and do what is pleasing before him.

“Do not lose, therefore, your confidence, which has a great reward; because you need patience, so that having done the will of God, you obtain the promise. For even a little while, and he that is to come will come, and will not delay "(Hebrews 10: 35-37).

When we do God's will, when we love him and try to fulfill his purpose, we can have absolute confidence that everything will turn out well in the end.

"And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, that is, those who are called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28).

This principle applies in our individual lives as well as on a global scale.

The chronology of God's prophecy

God gives us an overview of what He is doing and how He plans to save this world, and also how He will offer salvation to all who have lived. God gives us an overview of what He is doing and how He plans to save this world. world, and also how it will offer salvation to all who have lived. The time frame can be understood when we compare the prophecies of the Bible with the seven annual feasts of the Bible.

The Apostle Paul clearly showed that the annual Passover reflects the sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God, to enable human beings to be saved (1 Corinthians 5: 7). This is the starting point of God's plan of salvation. It is also widely recognized that the annual Feast of Pentecost reflects the beginning of the Church of God (Acts 2: 1, 41, 47).

What we cannot know about God's times

God has given us many answers that explain His plan to offer salvation to all humanity, but He has not given us an exact or definitive timeline that shows us exactly when Jesus Christ is going to return.

In fact, consider what Jesus said after his disciples asked, "When will these things be, and what sign will there be of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24: 3). Jesus said to them and to us today: "But of the day and the hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but only my Father" (v. 36).

Even in our own lives, we cannot always know when God will act or answer our prayers. Like Job, we can't see what's going on behind the scenes. Like Esther, perhaps we cannot know if God has a specific purpose for the particular situation in which we find ourselves. "And who knows if by this time you have arrived in the kingdom?" (Est 4:14).

But we know that God has our best interest in mind, and that He will always intervene at the best time. But that may still seem like a long time. So what should we do while waiting for God's perfect moment?

What should we do?

God tells us that the judgment has begun in the house of God, those who are now called to the Church of God (1 Peter 4:17). A trial also involves a time of evaluation, not just a final judgment. So while we are being tested, we must make the best use of our time.

“Take heed therefore to how you walk, not as fools but as wise, making good use of the time, because the days are bad” (Ephesians 5: 15-16).

Paul also said: “And this, knowing the time, that it is time to get up from sleep; because now our salvation is closer to us than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is near. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. Let's walk like daylight, honestly; not in gluttony and drunkenness, not in lust and lust, not in strife and envy, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not provide for the lust of the flesh ”(Romans 13: 11-14).

We need to repent and obey God at all times, especially in these end times. We must always trust that God will carry out his plan for the good of all. It is always time to live and grow in faith.

As our faith grows, we can say together with Paul: "For I am sure that the afflictions of the present time are not comparable with the coming glory that is to be manifested in us" (Romans 8:18).

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