I’ve found myself experiencing God’s timing with a whole new perspective after the birth of our first child.

It hit me as I peered into this little baby’s eyes that would not have been born, if I had not walked the road I had walked before her Mom and I had met.

It dawned on me that if we had waited just one more month to get married, we would never have met this precious child.

God’s timing is a little like that. Perfect in every way to bring about the perfect result He has designed for our lives and His glory.

It should leave us awe struck and humble.

Ponder all of the moments in time that things happen and that things don’t happen for you?

Have you walked through a rough season wondering, “Where are you God?”

Have you experienced the timing of God that has left you in awe of His love and involvement in our lives?

The hard ones seem to never end and God often feels distant and uninterested in our cries for answers.

While you’re in it. Nothing provides relief and words are meaningless. Come out of it with your faith intact and you can’t find the words to describe it, but you know and see God’s patient presence throughout your journey.

When I think of God’s timing I’m often reminded of Job.

Job was at the mercy of God’s timing.

It was made clear that God would give and take away at his own will.

Such a story should remind us of the sheer journey we could take in spite of our righteousness. We will face trials no matter how hard we try to avoid them. We will be met with many of life’s challenges.

God’s timing is often beyond our comprehension because of the work of God’s hand in the world.

It may not be until we meet Him face to face that our understanding comes to fruition.

We may wrestle month over month, year over year, to understand God’s timing and never find an answer. What we must do is come to an understanding of the infinitely more valuable wisdom God offers in his timing over our own design.

This is hard to reconcile in our journey sometimes as we seek resolution and healing in our experiences. Starting from a place that God is supremely just and loving and his timing is perfect no matter the circumstance is crucial to our journey of healing and restoration.

What has made the most impact in my life is working through my beliefs and my relationship with God by seeking counsel from a trusted mentor and counselor.

May you find peace in God’s timing and ultimately worship Him for His perfect will and timing in your life.

Just yesterday I was speaking with my wife about how we are called to live with an eternal perspective. It’s so hard to do because we have so many needs and wants that we have developed in our present moment, but also things we expect to accomplish for ourselves that date back to our childhood. All the hopes and dreams we developed as we anticipated adulthood. Our present moment is certainly important but the hard truth is that we should daily weigh it against the eternal purposes God has for our lives.

That is what brings us to the passage where we find the idea of “walking” by faith and not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10

The greater context that Paul is teaching us in this passage is set within living with the perspective of our heavenly homes and now our earthly one. The imagery of our current earthly bodies resemble a temporary tent compared to our heavenly bodies that are build not by the hands of man. Paul is preparing us for this walk we are called to live in our earthly bodies by setting the stage for the differences we must always keep in mind between the life we are to live through all of the heartache and challenges we face on this earth.

2 Corinthians 5:6-10 says:

⁶ So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, ⁷ for we walk by faith, not by sight. ⁸ Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹ So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

To walk by Faith means to keep in perspective our end destination in eternity. We may not see how things will pan out, but we live in a trust of the Lord that all things are working together for our final eternal destination. We are a people of good courage. Though we would rather be with the Lord than away from Him. We know we will return to Him.

We believe every detail and every facet of our world has been orchestrated by God and that one day we will appear before Him and hope to hear the resounding, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”

Now, here is the question. What do you think it will take for you to keep this perspective every day? Think back to the last few days, weeks, months? How challenging has it been to walk by faith and not by sight?

What has fogged your vision or path forward and has kept you distracted from the calling God has on your life?

Ponder these things and take a moment to reflect in writing out your thoughts.

Need help processing your journey? We are here to come along side you as you seek His hand. Let us know how we can serve you.

If you have struggled to keep a routine or to be disciplined in any way then you are not alone.

I believe that at the core of the human experience is this battle to overcome the sinful and slothful within us.

While many humans develop profound methods to achieve great things through grit, self determination, and yes, discipline. The most challenging disciplines of them all might very well be the spiritual disciplines. Why? Because you are not only up against flesh and blood, but the spiritual.

Meditating on God’s word Daily is a discipline of the Christian life that will come with it’s challenges.

Yet, the freedom that we experience when we meditate on the word daily in our lives is profound. When we have the word of God at the tip of our tongue every day to combat the works of the devil and the many challenges of daily life in the modern era. We are equipped to make wise and righteous decisions for ourselves, our families, and the kingdom.

Practical steps to Meditate on the Word Daily

In this modern era there are a million and one ways to go about this. So my first recommendation is not to get overwhelmed. Choose to take baby steps into a bible reading plan for one that allows for you to slowly digest the word daily. A devotional study via the YouVersion Bible App or Our Daily Bread devotionals are helpful for getting started.

Don’t let reading a devotional be the only way in which you digest the scriptures. You may first be intimidated by the scriptures, but that is okay. Simply reading the scriptures on its own is crucial for sparking your curiosity into its meaning and a path for which God works in our hearts. Don’t let the size nor the confusing language intimidate you, but rather let it fuel your curiosity and willingness to seek answers from trusted scholars and biblically based pastors.

Consider a tool such as the Fighter Verses scripture memory plan to memorize scripture. Committing the scripture to memory is a biblical practice for which you will never regret. Having the scriptures hidden in your heart for the spirit to draw upon in your moment of need is invaluable.

Consider journaling what you encounter in the scriptures and take time recording your thoughts about what you read. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Just spend time contemplating the scriptures. Ask God to reveal it’s meaning where its challenging to understand or your spirit struggles with.

You may even want to commit to writing down a passage of scripture each day, multiple times a day. Or, you may even want to have a nightly reflection of scriptures you read every night before you sleep.

Contemplate the ways in which you mull over things already in your life and then learn them or remember them? Does it help to develop a tune to what you are studying for memorization? We found scripture lullabies that are for our children to fall asleep to at night and I found myself humming the tunes of the songs all the time. These little simple things took my mind off of fleshly things and focused them on the scriptures.

Keep in mind there are a lot of options but what matters most is the joy in the journey of discovering and spending time with God in his Word. We develop this habit and practice because we love Him. We demonstrate our love for him by keeping his words. John 14:23-24

‘Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me. ‘

John 14:23-24

Be blessed as you seek the Lord and learn his word.