My Front Porch

Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I woke up this morning long before sunrise and I impatiently waited for the Living God to wake up the world. I like to savor life, not rush it along, but this morning I needed to feel the sun on my face and I hungered to meet with Him at the beginning of this new day. No amount of impatience would rush the sunrise along no matter how much I “needed” it because God had already ordained this sunrise before the foundations of the earth. And, so it is with Life. Although God has given us “dominion” over the earth and everything in it, He’s the Keeper of all Time and we have no control over it whatsoever. That’s where Trust comes in…Trusting that He always knows best and that His timing is always Perfect. It’s when we attempt to rush things along and take matters into our own hands that we step outside His Will and we risk squandering the Beauty found in His Perfect Plans. Isn’t that the way you see your Journey of Faith too?

It’s His Perfect Timing that sets the sun in the sky at just the right moment in time for the season, and His perfect timing numbers the minutes of daylight given to each new day. His Perfect Timing provides just the right light to nourish the plants, and His Perfect Timing brings forth the water they need to grow. His Perfect Timing orchestrates the conception of each new life, and His Perfect Timing brings forth birth. His Perfect Timing causes lives to cross paths at just the right moment in time, and it’s His Perfect Timing that brings forth the sparks of love. It’s His Perfect Timing that puts just the right person in place at just the right time when there is a need to be met, and it’s His Perfect Timing that sparks Hope because of it. It’s His Perfect Timing that numbers the years allotted to each one of us, and it’s His Perfect Timing to call us Home. It’s His Perfect Timing that allows for hardship and heartache, and it’s His Perfect Timing that will give birth to a Mission to help others based on our experiences that led to a Testimony. If not for His Perfect Timing life would cease to exist, and if not for His Perfect Timing my life would no longer have meaning. Understanding that He makes no mistakes and that He is the keeper of Time (for every area of Life) is the key to Peace and Contentment – but we have to make the choice to Trust Him…or not.

There have been plenty of train wrecks throughout my Journey of Faith and they ALL came down to me trying to rush things along and attempting to take matters into my own hands. The train wrecks weren’t a lost cause or “waste of time” because it’s through the havoc that I’ve learned to Trust Him in all things and I no longer try to drive the train. I’ve learned to be patient and I’ve learned to Trust. I’ve learned that sometimes He’s Protecting me through delays and sometimes He is waiting to Ready me for whatever it is that’s coming. I’ve learned that I’m not the reason the world goes around, and I’m not significant enough to question the Hand of God. I’ve learned that His ways are not my ways and His thoughts are not my thoughts and no amount of human rationalizing can “make sense” of God sometimes. I’ve learned that my Life has Purpose beyond myself and that every second of my Life was already ordained before the foundations of the earth. I’ve learned that each breath I take is a Blessing, and I’ve learned that Glorifying Him with each breath is the most essential part of my Journey of Faith. Understanding His timing and willingly surrendering to it is the source of my Joy, my Hope, and my Peace.

I’m facing this new day with confidence that every step, every word, every encounter, and every experience will come at the Perfect Time and I won’t be impatient when it doesn’t LOOK like the timing is perfect to me. He’s the Keeper of Time – the Author and Perfecter of Faith – the Great I am – the Bright Morning Star – the God worthy to be Praised with every breath…and I Trust Him.

How about you?