In Due Time

I'm trying really hard to get back on track with my quiet times and Bible studies, and thanks to my daughter's suggestion, I decided to give night time a try. I'm a night owl by nature, so why not?

I picked up my copy of "Jesus Calling" and turned to today's date to read the entry. I didn't really learn what the author intended, I don't think. She talked about how when things don't go as we would like, that we should accept the situation, knowing that God is in control of our circumstances, and we shouldn't let the impact of the world to distract us from our Heavenly Father. Good stuff!

Don't get me wrong, the topic was inspirational and encouraging, as always, but something else caught my attention tonight.

After reading the entry, I looked up one of the verses listed....I Peter 5:6 ~ "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time."

"In due time?" Seriously? Sigh. That's the hardest part for me! I want to be lifted up by Him NOW!!! ...Yes, I'm reverting to my two-year-old self. Why should I have to wait to be lifted up "in due time"?

Here's where it got interesting for me. What if, in this instance, perhaps the timing is up to me instead of God?

I sort of feel self-centered and sac religious for thinking that, much less typing it out on a keyboard.

But as I allowed myself the indulgence of following that train of thought, I learned something...

When I am down and feeling the need for Him to lift me up and I just sit and wait for it, honestly I'm sometimes disappointed. Where is He anyway? Why is He being so quiet?

But when I look beyond my self-pity, and actually make the effort to open His word, He never lets me down. I don't have to search and dig and spend a ton of time looking for just the right verse because He has woven it throughout His word just for times like these.

All I have to do is take that first step, and He's always so very faithful to take my chin in his hand, lift my eyes up and remind me of whose I am.

"...in due time." That doesn't sound so bad anymore.