Galatians 3-4

Ordinarily, this would have been tax deadline day.  It’s been a taxing enough time without taxes, hasn’t it?  Are you ready for something that is not disturbing, nor alarming, nor unsettling?  How about a thought that reminds us of Christmas?   

Galatians 4:4 – “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” 

If we believe that God is Sovereign (and He is); if we believe that He is in control of all things, that He loves us and will never permit our ultimate harm, then we should also believe that God’s timing is perfect.  Nothing happens to any of us that is random.  Nothing is ill timed.   

God never makes a move too soon or too late.  He never miscalculates the amount of time something should take.

Think about timing being bad. Bad timing is bringing home a 5-pound box of chocolate candy and a dozen donuts on Day 1 of Sweetie’s diet.  

But God’s timing is always perfect.  Have you ever felt that the timing of circumstances in your life was bad?   It wasn’t.  God’s timing is perfect.  Part of the contentment God wants us to learn is to learn to be content with His timing. 

We can see God’s perfect timing in the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.  One example of many that could be shown is Daniel’s famous prophecy. 

God informed us through Daniel in Daniel 9:24-27 that Messiah, the Anointed One, would be cut off (can be translated as executed) 483 years after a decree to restore and build Jerusalem.  That decree, issued by Artaxerses Longimanus took place on March 5, 444 BC. 

When was the Anointed One, the Christ, cut off?  If you add 483 years to March 5, 444 B.C., you come to March 30, 33 AD.  That is the exact date that has been figured by Sir Robert Anderson of Scotland Yard, among others, as the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem for what is often called His Triumphal Entry.  Amazing!

For that prophecy to be fulfilled it had to be timed precisely almost 500 years in advance.  Coincidence or Divine Providence?  Luck or God’s Sovereignty?   Nothing coincidental or lucky about this.  God’s timing is always perfect., because He is  Maybe you are dealing with some issues that involve questions like these:

1.      “When will I get out of this mess?”

2.      “When will my prayer be answered?”

3.      “When will I know what I am supposed to do?”

4.      “When will I get married?”

5.      “When am I going to feel better?”

6.      “When will he stop behaving that way?”

7.      When will this Pandemic be over?

The answer: when the time has fully come – when it is the perfect time.  God knows the best time for everything.  We can rest our troubled hearts in that thought.

Paul Thompson