Once we know God's will and timing, we should be instant to obey, taking action without delay. Delay and hesitation when God is telling us to do something now is sin.
The longer we take to act on whatever God wants us to do, the more unclear His directives become. We need to make sure that we are on God's interstate highway and not in a cul-de-sac.
Ours is a God of velocity. He is a God of timing and direction. These two always go together. It is never wise to act upon only one or the other. Jumping at the first opportunity seldom leads to a happy landing.
In Proverbs 25:8 the writer tells us, "Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame." A famous saying holds that people can be divided into three groups:
1) those who make things happen
2) those who watch things happen
3) those who wonder what's happening.
Even the right direction taken at the wrong time is a bad decision.
Most people miss out on God's best in their lives because they're not prepared. The Bible warns us that we should be prepared continually. The Apostle Paul exhorts us: "...be instant in season, out of season..." (2 Tim. 4:2).
There is a seasonality to God. In Ecclesiastes 3:1 we read: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." Everything that you and I are involved in will have a spring (a time of planting and nurturing), a summer (a time of greatest growth), a fall (a time of harvest), and a winter (a time of decisions and planning).
Relax. Perceive, understand, and accept God's divine timing and direction.
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