Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
Singapore
February 6, 1995
Good Morning!
TIMING: A critical factor in business.
Success often depends upon sensing the moment and
moving with the market. Failure to provide the
right product or service at the right TIME can spell
disaster.
God also has a perfect TIMEtable. And we can easily
miss it by:
Rushing ahead of Him - Often out of impatience,
presumption or impetuousness.
"...He who makes haste with his feet errs."
(Proverbs 19:2b)
Or by:
Lagging behind Him - Often out of fear
of failure or perfectionist tendencies.
Because God has a perfect TIMEtable, "He has made everything
beautiful in its TIME." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
For example: Upon learning of Lazarus' illness, Jesus delayed
traveling to visit him by two days to await his death. Upon His
arrival, Christ found Lazarus entombed and proceeded to raise
him to life. (John 11:1 - 42)
God's perfect TIMING!
QUESTION: Do you have challenging decisions on your hands? Then follow the Psalmist's counsel on tapping into God's TIMING:
(1) "Rest in the Lord... (2) Wait
patiently for Him... (3) Keep to His way..."
He then promises to "...exalt you to
inherit the land"! (Psalm 37:5, 7, 34, 37)
May I suggest two additional considerations in determining
God's TIMING:
#1 Inner Peace: "And let the peace
of Christ RULE in your heart..." (Colossians 3:15a)
If you lack inner peace, the TIMING to act is not
now.
#2 Your wife's consensus: God has endowed
our spouses with a ton of common sense, and an intuitive
capability that far surpasses that of most men. A man therefore,
is a FOOL if he chooses to ignore his wife's advice as
it relates to TIMING.
Because TIMING is so essential for success, God invites us to walk with Him in the living out of our lives. After all, "He has made everything beautiful in its TIME."
Have a great week!
Dwight Hill
© Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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