God Doesn't Wear a Watch

Originally posted on our website February 9, 2011
I have been excited about this opportunity to blog a little bit and what I want to share today just wouldn't let me go... so I guess that means it's blog-worthy?!

So I love watches. I love to make lists, calenders, charts. I love to check things off and then I like to look at the list with all the checks and smile. ahhhh... the thought of that just makes me happy! While training for the NYC marathon, I enjoyed following the training chart set out for me and even though there were always difficult runs on the horizon (20-miler anyone?!) I loved knowing what was coming, what was expected of me, and how I was gonna get that marathon under my belt!

The thing is, although I know the Father loves to see us accomplish our goals, his process and end goals are not mine. His "watch" looks way WAY different. 

I have been encouraged this week by two passages:

Exodus 2:10-15- Moses gets "kicked out" of Egypt (hmmm sounds a little familiar) and verse 15 ends with him just sittin' by a well with no idea what he is supposed to do next!

Hebrews 11:8- By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Yup. Had no idea where he was going. NOT A CLUE. 

These men were loved by God and but had times where things didn't quite add up. The timing seemed "off." It would have been easy to fall into those feelings of homelessness, loneliness, and directionlessness.... Is directionlessness a word?!... well I'm makin' it one :) These men chose to have faith in God, to follow in times of uncertainty and believe that God would provide.

Nope. God doesn't wear a watch... His timing is perfect.