In Due Time

Clic on the marshmallow test link above
In due time, some difficult words to live by. This is an area I know I have trouble with. 1 Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time."
As I think about the last words in the verse above "in due time", this is God's timing. We live in the age of microwaves and drive through windows. Sometimes I will be at a drive through window and I think the guy in front of me should have gone inside because he doesn't know what he wants. My impatience is showing. I have had times when God answered my prayers right away. Sometimes while I was yet speaking or praying.  When God doesn't answer on my time, I think sometimes I just do what I think and not wait on God. This verse is about trusting God, and waiting for his timing. God may not answer when we want him to but his timing is always right. When it is God's time,
 what ever the issue, it will be the right time.  God's timing is perfect. It's just that it is hard to sometimes wait on him. The marshmallow study in the video about shows how hard it was for children to wait.  I know I have trouble waiting. According to the researchers : The kids who had waited for two treats had higher SAT scores, greater workplace success and a lower body mass index later in life.  I  shared the above video from Google by typing in Marshmallow test. God knows the best for us if we will wait on him. I found it interesting that as they followed these children in later life, the ones that were able to wait did better in later life. God wants what is best for us, but the best is in his timing, not ours. God promises to lift us up when we humble ourselves and wait for him. I think that is true in my own life. As I was praying about a church to attend when I moved here, I was getting discouraged, but I kept waiting. There were other good churches that I visited, but in my spirit I didn't feel it was God's answer.  When I visited my current church, right from that first visit, it felt right in my spirit. 2 years later,  I feel God has confirmed this decision over and over again. I am so glad I waited on God. There have been so many times when I didn't. I have been married and divorced 4 times, and I think back and I did have warnings a couple of times, but I went ahead and did what I wanted to do instead of waiting on God. Other areas of my life, the same thing. Many times I was like those children that just couldn't wait. Wait on God that he may lift us up in due time. He knows what is best for us. God bless, LVZ,
Many of my blogs are a result of something I was listening to or reading. In this case it was a sermon by Bill Wolfson of CFAN in Tacoma.  I feel like I borrow or steal a lot of stuff. I wonder if any are just my own thinking and not the result of something I heard, read or saw. If I get it through google, I feel it is public information. I am influenced  by the Pastors I listen to. We do have a responsibility for what we take in. I do try to take in good stuff and make it my own.