Week 4 | Day 3 | Perfect Timing

Command:

Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11 (NKJV)

Read:

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14 (NIV)

Reflect:

A few weeks ago, as I was praying, a thought came to mind. When it persisted, I wrote it down and this is it: “When I stop looking to circumstances or other people to supply my needs and I surrender and trust the Lord, he supernaturally gives me what I need at the right time.”

Ten minutes after I wrote those words down, my daughter called to say that she didn’t get a job that she had recently applied for. She was in tears. She thought the job opportunity was evidence of the Lord’s provision for her family and now she was disappointed and unsure of her next steps.

After listening for a bit, I read her the words that I had written down a few minutes before her call. We talked about God’s provision and timing being perfect. 

It occurred to me that maybe part of God’s provision for her was that she didn’t get that job at this time. Maybe he has another job in her future? What we do know is that when we surrender our needs to Jesus in prayer and trust him, out of his great love, grace, and generosity, he supernaturally gives us what we need at exactly the right time …and that includes perfectly timed words of encouragement. 

React:

Have you been praying and asking God for something in your life and it seems like he is not hearing you? Remind yourself that our heavenly Father is loving, powerful and faithful. His timing is perfect. He adores you and wants what is best for you.

Pray:

Heavenly Father, I praise your name. Thank you for loving me just as I am. I recognize that you have a purpose in seasons of waiting and that you provide for my needs with impeccable timing. Today I surrender to you. There is no match for your amazing love for me and rock-solid faithfulness.