In Due time

Dreams and goals can seem so close yet so far away. Have you ever wondered when your dream would turn into reality? Have you ever wondered why things take so long to manifest in your life? Like marriage, you wonder when your better half is going to show up as you rsvp your way into another wedding. Perhaps you want to have a child and everyone you know is having a baby…everyone except for you that is. That promotion you’ve been eyeing that promises a corner office with a greener paycheck goes to a complete slacker, and you wonder how you’ve been unfairly overlooked.

We tend to think that when it happens to someone else…that engagement, that pregnancy, that promotion…it’s unfair. Why unfair? Because we want it and we want it first. We don’t like the idea of having to wait. The truth is, we don’t really mind that someone got their desire fulfilled, we are upset that they got it before us.

There was a time not that long ago when I was praying and asking when it was going to be, ‘my turn?’ There was such a need to move forward in my life that I wanted things to happen now, instead of later. When I took my request to our Lord, I remember looking in the bible and seeing scripture about, in due time. Intellectually, I knew the in due time scripture was the Lord speaking over my situation. But, what does in due time mean? Due time means, when the time is right. Do I know when the time will be right? No. Just because I don’t know when something is going to happen doesn’t mean that it’s not going to happen; I just have to place my trust and faith in the fact that it will happen when it is truly meant to happen.

Use the Lords eyes to see your situation. There is a time and a place for everything. The Lord is able to arrange things in our favor, but arranging takes time; we don’t see the arranging but we feel the wait. The Lord would not make you wait if there was no purpose behind it. Be confident that your due time is coming. Our Lord knows everything, and there is already an actual due date to your due time…so why stress? Your stressing, worrying, complaining, doubting, and crying won’t speed up your due date, so relax, and most importantly, trust.

In due time, you will see promises fulfilled. Your due date is already scheduled. If you’ve been waiting don’t fret, because God is working; HE will do what HE says HE will do all in due time!