Day 5

When it comes to God’s timing it can be described with a variety of adjectives. We often think of God’s timing as slow, frustrating, disappointing, infuriating, and the list can go on and on. One word we have a difficult time using to explain God’s timing is perfect. But of all the ways to describe His time, the only word is perfect. I compare waiting on God like being a kid and waiting for Christmas or for school to finally be over. The wait seems to take forever. But when it comes to our relationship with God, it’s forever. We see in the Bible that, “at just the right time,” God shows up, God rescues, God delivers. His perfect timing grows our faith, it grows our trust that He will come through. Psalm 31:15 says, “My times are in your hands.”

We trust in every minute of every hour of every day is in His hands. Every weak moment, every temptation, every urge, he will give us the strength to remain in Him. As you reflect on your life and every single time God showed up, know that it was precise, calculated, and perfect. When it's not time, you can’t force it, but when it is time, you can’t stop it.

We are still in the early stages of our 21 days of prayer and fasting. I want you to be encouraged that whatever you might be fasting, that it begins as a fast, but becomes a habit. Something that doesn’t last 21 days, but for years to come. Then when you look back at the 2022 21 days of prayer and fasting, you realize that was a moment that propelled your relationship with God into a new height. The best is yet to come, so keep on waiting.

Matt Powers

Song: Wait on You
Artist: Elevation Worship & Maverick City