God’s sense of timing will confound ours, no matter what culture we’re from. His grace rarely operates according to our schedule. When Jesus looks at Jairus and says, “Trust me, be patient,” in effect he is looking over Jairus’s head at all of us and saying, “Remember how when I calmed the storm I showed you that my grace and love are compatible with going through storms, though you may not think so? Well, now I’m telling you that my grace and love are compatible with what seem to you unconscionable delays.” It’s not “I will not be hurried even though I love you”; it’s “I will not be hurried because I love you. I know what I’m doing. And if you try to impose your understanding of schedule and timing on me, you will struggle to feel loved by me.
- Tim Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
, p. 63
(HT: The Blazing Center)
1 comment:
A great reminder that God is in control and that we should submit to his will. When we begin to try and control our own lives rather than seek God's will for our Lives, we begin to distance ourselves from God. Thanks for the great post!
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