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A Word... on God’s Timing

Veronika Walker

I’ve been going through a rough patch the past few weeks. Uh … make that “months.” I feel like God isn’t as close to me as He once was, that I’ve rejected His open arms and pushed out the joy and grace He offers.

And just when I think I’m doomed, He gives me light.

God’s ways are not our own; His timing, never our timing. I want[ed] answers now. I want[ed] Him to show me how to get out of my spiritual slump now. But He decided not to. And I find that that’s the best way it could have gone for me.

In this issue, I was particularly encouraged by new ROCer, Jenna Watts. Her article on Psalm 46:10 was pleasant enough back in June when I received it during a spiritual “high” … but it’s all the more encouraging now as I’ve been going through some “lows.”

I was even rebuked:

When we let our own desires take priority, we end up pushing God over to the side. Whether we realize it or not, this act signifies that we don’t believe that He is as important as everything else that we have going on.

That stings.

But it’s so true. God doesn’t come first in my life. Lots of times, He doesn’t even come second.

If you’re anything like me, you struggle with prioritizing your daily life, especially where God is concerned. The teenage years are a time of indecision, mood swings, and lots and lots of dreaming. You have your goal, your dream, your passion, and you’re rearing to go get it.

But we have to realize that “our ways are not God’s ways….” We have to realize that God must come first.

This issue has a lot to do with that. Besides Jenna’s “Be Still” in Becoming Bereans, this issue sheds light on how to read literature with God’s Word in mind, how to “Make a Difference”, giving your love to God before giving it to another, and getting out of your comfort zone in order to behold “A Beautiful Reality” from God. I hope you’ll be challenged, as I have been, to put God first in every aspect of your entire life.

Because a pure, undefiled, beautiful relationship with God is the most important thing in the entire world. Seek for Him, give your desires to Him, and then wait on Him; His timing will astound you again and again.