{"id":23305,"date":"2026-03-11T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/the-gift-of-god-s-timing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:16:01","slug":"the-gift-of-god-s-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/the-gift-of-god-s-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of God\u2019s Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOh yeah, I bet this must be my Carolina basketball wind suit!\u201d My son Jason wore a confident smile as he picked up his Christmas present.<\/p>\n<p>My mind whirled as I gave him a suspicious glance. I\u2019d wrapped that gift the day I made the purchase\u2013and I\u2019d wrapped it <em>before<\/em> he came home from school. How could he know what was in the box? Had my Christmas snoop struck again?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-41436\" alt=\"Waiting for God's perfect timing. Photo by Dmitriy Shironosov, Thinkstock.\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/blog_timing_350.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px;height: 233px;margin-left: 15px;margin-right: 15px;float: right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/blog_timing_350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/blog_timing_350-340x226.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Giving him the benefit of the doubt, I figured maybe he was just guessing since that idea had been on the Christmas wish list he\u2019d given me weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>We continued opening gifts, each family member taking a turn until it was time for Jason to open his next one. I paid close attention as he ripped off the paper. He didn\u2019t seem surprised at the contents of the box.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm&#8230; did I smell a Christmas rat? My mama radar was now shouting alarms but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt one more time.   <\/p>\n<p>I observed carefully as he opened his next gift. \u201cOh, this has gotta be my new tennis shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are busted, young man.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I might as well tell you how I knew what was in my presents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, that would be a good thing to do,\u201d my husband said while trying to hide a grin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, if you\u2019ll remember, Mama got better at hiding things last Christmas, and this year she wrapped everything before I got home from school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn\u2019t take the suspense any longer. So I discovered that if I slit the tape on the present and squeezed the box, it popped open enough for me to see what was in there. Then I taped the paper shut again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, my Christmas snoop had out-smarted me once again. But that\u2019s not a problem because I love a challenge as much as Jason does\u2013and Mama had a plan.<\/p>\n<p>So the next year? All of Jason\u2019s presents were beautifully sealed with duct tape.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s such a funny memory for our family, but it also provided Jason with a valuable lesson because he learned that by finding all his presents before it was time, it meant that Christmas Day wasn\u2019t nearly as exciting.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us do the same thing. We ask God for things and then we \u201chelp\u201d Him move things along at the pace we consider appropriate. And then we\u2019re disappointed when things don\u2019t turn out in the manner we hoped.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be honest. Waiting isn\u2019t one of my virtues. Most of the time I\u2019m like one of those souped-up sports cars waiting impatiently at a red light. I\u2019m ready to go!<\/p>\n<p>But you know what I\u2019ve discovered? Sometimes God is taking His time answering my prayers because He has something bigger in mind than what I\u2019d intended.<\/p>\n<p>With the beauty of hindsight, I\u2019ve learned that often there were other pieces He had to put in place before everything could come together\u2013and that if I\u2019d wait until He was ready, there would be no ill-fitting pieces, no empty places that left gaping holes. You know, like when I try to put things together.<\/p>\n<p>Are you in wait mode and you feel like you\u2019ve waited forever for answers to your prayers? I\u2019ve learned from experience that God\u2019s timing is always perfect, and as my pastor, Rev. Ralph Sexton says, \u201cEven when you can\u2019t track Him, you can trust Him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t help but wonder if God ever feels like using duct tape on me when I forget to wait for Him. I wouldn\u2019t be a bit surprised if He did.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; <\/em><em>Wait, I say, on the Lord! <\/em>(Psalm 27:14)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOh yeah, I bet this must be my Carolina basketball wind suit!\u201d My son Jason wore a confident smile as he picked up his Christmas present. My mind whirled as I gave him a suspicious glance. I\u2019d wrapped that gift the day I made the purchase\u2013and I\u2019d wrapped it before he came home from school. 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