100 Days with Jesus -- God's Perfect Timing

Day 55
As I continue on with the subject of time, because it’s such a perfect ‘time’ to think about it, I consider the timing of events in my life. How many occasions have there been when I have said ‘timing couldn’t have been better’ or ‘that was lousy timing’! But yet the passing of time has proven over and over again that the timing was always appropriate in the big scheme of things. It’s a scheme that I cannot always see for myself. Only my Heavenly Father can see it.

I’ll share a personal example. Lanny and I really enjoy real estate investing and it has always been a profitable business for us. We’ve purchased and sold a lot of properties over the years and many times it seemed so incredibly easy. That was until late 2007 and 2008. We were on a roll, buying properties and selling them before we could even complete the renovations. The Lord was blessing us in our business and we were having a great time together. And to be perfectly transparent, we began to get the idea that it was all about us and our abilities. But then everything in the real estate world and the mortgage industry collapsed and we found ourselves holding a large amount of real estate with no buyers.

The party came to a screeching halt. We both said that timing was really bad. Thankfully, we have recovered but not without some bumps and bruises and a huge dose of humility. The timing wasn’t bad, it was perfect. If the recession had come later than sooner, we could have found ourselves in much worse shape, buying more houses that would have been the most difficult to sell in a recession instead of just the ones we had. We didn’t see it at the time but we definitely see it now. There have been other times that I have questioned the timing of events. But as time passes and I have the awesome opportunity to see God at work, I’m more aware than ever that He is in control and His timing is always perfect. It may take a while to see it but I know it to always be true.