“Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go back to Judea’” (John 11:5-7, NIV).

Why did Jesus wait two days before going to see them? Because He loved them. That’s God’s motivation. Love. Jesus is not in a hurry. God is never in a hurry, because He’s never late. God is always on time. Psalm 102:13: “You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come” (ESV). There are appointed times. Jesus died at the appointed time. He not only died on Passover but at the time of the evening sacrifice. He does things on time, on purpose. Jesus was never going to return at any time. He’s going to return at the appointed time. He must. God is not in a hurry to return. Peter tells us that God is not slow in keeping His promises. What we call slow, God calls patient.

What does patience relate to? Love! Love is patient. When we are hurrying in our haste, we are being unloving. When we don’t want to wait for someone, we are being unloving. Apply that to God. When we’re not waiting on God, we are being unloving.

We can surrender ourselves to God each day, asking Him to order our steps and then trust He gets the timing of what needs done. He can bring to mind what needs doing. He can interrupt us without it causing hurried haste because He knows all that needs to be done. He has the plan. He knows. Let Him work it out.

What if we just gave everything to Him and let Him work it out? What if we didn’t figure out how to get it all done and just gave it all over to Him?

The Lord is teaching me and my husband more and more to give everything to Him. We recently gave over a handyman situation. We had called multiple times, more than one place, and had gotten nowhere. We just ignored it for a couple of weeks. Then we actually stopped to actually connect with God over it and put it in His hands, meaning we were taking it out of our hands. Twenty minutes later we got a call from a handyman. He came over that afternoon. The problem was solved. What if you just gave up your life and let the Lord live His life through you? One thing for sure, you’d never be in a hurry.