HOW CAN WE TAP INTO GOD'S PERFECT TIMING?

HOW CAN WE TAP INTO GOD’S PERFECT TIMING?

Ps 37:7

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

1. REST!  It is the Hebrew word damam (daw-man') which means “to be dumb” or simply to hold your peace. To hush! God is either in control or He is not! If He is then why are we so restless?

2. WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM!  Here the Hebrew is very interesting! It is the word chuwl (khool); or chiyl (kheel). Bringing it into today’s language we might say “chill!” But God knows us better than that because it actually means “to twist or twirl, to writhe in pain!” Now that is what waiting is for ME!

When I was a kid, we used to take turns climbing a tree to watch for the arrival of the ice cream man. It is this kind of anxious, just-can’t-stand-it, waiting that I am most familiar with.

3. SURRENDER YOUR “WAY”!

Ps 37:5

5 Commit thy way [COURSE OF LIFE, MODE OF ACTION] unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Young’s Literal Translation puts it this way: “Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh.”

An old, perhaps ancient, motion chorus we teach in Sunday school goes this way:

Roll away, roll away, roll away!

Every burden of my heart roll away!

Sweet Jesus, though I may twist and twirl while waiting, let me roll upon you my way! AMEN