Maybe you are one of those people who loves to sing in the shower. Or maybe you are like me and prefer the car. I love to sing and I am fully aware that God did not give me the gift of music. But I usually am alone in my car and find this the perfect time to pretend to be a famous pop star, even if for just a little while.
Tonight I was coming home from my eGroup and a song came on the radio that I thought I knew pretty well. Just to give you an idea of what my singing is actually like, I usually hit about one note out of ten on a good day. I don’t even know the name of the song that came on, but it is an older song (think like Dixie Chicks era). So I’m driving down the road singing,”…landslide dunh dunh yeah!…see my reflection in a unh unh hill…” I embarrassed myself in front of myself! I quickly realized that I had no idea what any of the words actually were and to top it all off, I was missing the timing of the song as well! It was a hot mess and I am so glad that I was the only one there to actually witness this catastrophe.
But it got me thinking: how often do I allow myself to think, “Oh, this is so easy! I’ve totally got this. God, feel free to just sit back and relax, everything is under my control.” I allow myself to overstep God’s timing and my need for dependency on Him because I want to be the star of the show.
This morning in my study time of the book of Genesis I read about how Abram and Sarai became impatient with God. God promised them that they would have a child and they kept waiting and waiting, realizing very quickly that they were not getting any younger. So Sarai gave Abram her handmaiden and bore a son through her. But this is not how God instructed them to conduct themselves. Sarai was missing the timing of the song and was trying to take the show in to her own hands. This led to tension between the Ishmaelites and the Hebrews for centuries.
Our actions may not have such a strong impact as Sarai’s but our actions still carry consequences. We can either approach a situation thinking we know everything and we can handle it or we can come at it with grace, fully acknowledging that God’s timing is so much better than our own. What a wonderful God that He gives us the choice and what a blessing to be reminded to trust in Him. God’s timing may not always be how we plan things, but we can have full confidence that it is the best timing.
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