It's all in God's time

Without elaborating too much, I'd like to say that I am slowly realising how much more perfect and significant God's time is than my own. Being a human being, I am extremely impatient. I want things, and I want them now! I despise waiting. I pray and I lose faith when my prayers aren't answered right away.

I've come to realise that God doesn't work in 'right nows'. God works in asaps. As soon as possible. No sooner, no later than His perfect timing. In the past I've chosen to focus on the first part of the phrase rather than the latter section. I expect God to work immediately. I want Him to work in my time rather than His time. As soon as possible. God's promise is like that sentence.

Think of the contrast between our ways and God's ways. We seek the spectacular act of devotion, the quantum leap of faith; God focuses on the seemingly insignificant changes that occur 'little by little'. We are concerned to watch out for number one; God invites us to 'renounce the care of ourselves'. We want to relegate God to the extracurricular category of our lives; God wants our complete attention. We want things done right now; God possesses eternal patience. These are the ways God chooses to work, and as we come into line with God's ways and operate in constancy with His ways, we learn that they are altogether good.
- Richard J. Foster.