God’s Timing

Deuteronomy 22-24; Galatians 4

“But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.”

Galatians 4:4, 5

Jesus entered this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit, in the fullness of time. God’s timing was as important as his call. Jesus’ tribal lineage, place of birth, and region of upbringing were all fulfillments of prophecy. When the time had fully come, Jesus began public ministry at the age of thirty. He could have taught Israel’s teachers at the age of twenty-one, but he was waiting on the Father’s timing and his good and perfect will.

Will we, too, offer ourselves as living sacrifices to God in worship, waiting on his timing so that we, too, can cooperate with his purposes when the time has fully come?

Where is God inviting us to surrender to his timing and will?

“Lord Jesus, Lord of the harvest, I will wait on you even as I offer myself to go where you lead me, so I, too, can stay in step with your Spirit, for your glory.”