I tried to do things I felt were right without asking God first… and things only got worse!! I had to completely surrender to God… then things started to change. Even deny I was sick, by doing things that made my illness worse. I tried to control every part of my illness. God: “I am the Lord, so when the time comes, I will make it all happen quickly!” Isaiah 60:22 We try to accomplish things in our way, in our own time and our situation is not going anywhere…. Pastor Rick states: God spoke the universe instantly. 5.) AT THE RIGHT TIME GOD CAN DO ANYTHING INSTANTLY Pastor Rich tell us… Everything God does is out of love! God is love! Everything happens at the right time… Not the easiest time with no pain involved. It will not be late!” Habakkuk 2:3 4.) GOD’S TIMING IS NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT If is seems slow or delayed, just wait for it! It will certainly happen. It moves steadily toward its goal and and it will not be proven false. GOD: “The vision WILL happen at the time I have appointed. God is not early or late…He is always right on time!
Sometimes I am in a hurry and God is not. Pastor Rick expains… that God’s sense of time is very different than ours. Timing is the Father’s business.” Acts 1:7 (Mes) 3.) GOD IS NEVER IN A HURRY AND HE’S NEVER LATEĢ Peter 3:8 (NIV) Never forget this: With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and a thouand years are like a day.” Pastor Rick tells us that God doesn’t show us the future because of 3 reasons: He always does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing” Eccles. “God has given us a desire to know the future. 2.) GOD DOES NOT TELL US THE DETAILS IN ADVANCE I am NOT the same person that I was before I got sick. I can honestly say that what I gained from the experience of the illness was priceless. How can an illness have “a right time”? The key to this lesson is learning what my character gained from my illness. This seems hard to understand when you are dealing with a chronic illness. Pastor Rick tells us that God uses the phrase “The right time” 96 times in the Bible. “There is an APPOINTED TIME for everything, and there is A RIGHT TIME for every activity under heaven” Eccles 3:1 (NAB) 1.) GOD HAS A TIMETABLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS. I like to print a copy to review every morning to start my day off right. You can print off the outline to the message: Here. Saddleback Church: Pastor Rick Warren (Head Pastor) Dec: 22-24, 2018 I am hoping you will watch it if you are in need of some hope today about God’s timing in your life. I honestly have listened to this message so many times the past few days. To grow my character and my daily trust in Him. But, it was piece of my life that God wanted to share with me. The message I am sharing with you would have saved me many tears years ago! Many countless nights of anxiety and fear. Above all, it can be one of the most freeing and peaceful lessons you can learn. It is not easy… it is a daily battle of patience and surrendering my life to Him. Realizing God’s timing in my life has been one of the HUGEST lessons I have had to learn. Furthermore, I did not want to endure another day of unanwered prayers and pain. I can remember seeing people happily living their lives, wondering how could they do this… did they know the horrific pain I was in?! Impatiently, I wanted healing now from God.
The world was continuing to move on leaving me back in a place I didn’t not want to be. It seemed as if God was just letting me stay in a state of horrific pain without relief. During my illness, I can remember praying for healing day, after day, after day, after day… It seemed as if the prayers were unanswered. This past Christmas, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, gave a sermon that immediately spoke to my heart about God’s timing in our lives. To learn more about my illness: Click Here. During my health stuggles I have to admit this was one of the biggest mental battles I faced. God’s timing can be one of the largest hurdles we have to understand in our lives.
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