"When Timing is not Right..."

"When Timing Is Not Right..."

Timing is important on God's perspective; however, we don't see it that way especially when we've been praying for something or for someone to come into fruition. Waiting becomes a temptation to create your own answer. So, we failed to wait on God's timing and over time or very shortly, we suffer the consequences of our disobedience, rebellion and arrogance to His Word.

I've known from elders and heard from a few people while growing up in a quaint barrio that our prayers can be answered by God immediately; wait awhile or can't be answered at all. And in my personal experiences, I've gotten all these kind of responses. Having been raised in a Catholic church and graduated in a Catholic high school, my thoughts were framed or draped on its beliefs and religious practices. But when I went to college, it's no brainer that there was a growing propensity within me that wanted to almost explode. And being away from home had given me opportunities to explore religious beliefs or even cults. I felt like a nomad attending to different religious activities outside the university. Those meetings didn't settle with me that was why I never joined as a member. I was just there for the taking. I thought I had a gift for discernment...

At 17 as a college Freshman majoring in Mass Communications, what do I know and I didn't know what to expect. I didn't have the right armor of God's word to protect me from false preachings and from the devil's schemes and from those who were wearing cloaks to lure you to be like them. Although I wasn't a prayer warrior back then and didn't even realize the importance of praying, I've always known that God loves me and that truth of it has followed me wherever I am.
Through it all; the adventure, the exploration and my journey to find who God really is in my primetime was premature, not ripened.
You know why, because I wasn't praying directly to God. I didn't have the Holy Spirit to guide me. I didn't have a personal relationship with the Lord until very later on in my life. It's true that I was born- again Christian, also at 17. I still remember that mid-afternoon when a pastor immersed my head in the river and I thought that was strange and yet the pastor ended up saying something to me like prophesying for great things on my life. Although I didn't have the full understanding of that representation of water baptism, I felt peace, a dash of joy... So I waited for the full blessings to come around. I'm still waiting for the one prayer God never has shown me favor.

Could it be that this prayer of mine falls under the category of prayers that can't be answered? Is it still worth waiting or abandon it totally and just let God be the throne of all my heart's desires. I may not see His reasons and as a better Christian now, I should have a concrete inkling, too. It's hard to take courage to trust. You have to know how to really pray with pure/good intentions so we may be illuminated with God's working and preparing His will and provisions into our life,

In Isaiah 40:31 says, : "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall not mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."

Thank you for reading...

Happy Sabbath & till tomorrow. Take care always.