time

“You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business. What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses . . .” Acts 1:7,8 The Message

When I only see time as my possession to use for my purposes, I no longer “possess” time but it possesses me—my focus, attention and energies have all become time’s captive. When I see time as God’s possession, that He uses to bring about His will and purposes for all of creation (not just me), I can receive time as a gift that God shares with me. I can also see myself more correctly—my job is not to “master time”; my job is to obediently and intentionally be in communion with the Holy Spirit as I wait for God’s promises to come—in my life, others’ lives and all of creation. “Timing is the Father’s business.”

How humbling this truth is—for myself and for all of humanity. We must keep our “hands off” of God’s possession—time. When I can’t control or manipulate time, even the time God shares with me as a gift, I must entrust all to God’s agenda—causing my faith to be placed in God, not myself. “Humble trust” is not an easy feat for adult humans—that’s why my real job is to be in constant, clear communion with the Holy Spirit; only the Holy Spirit can enable me to let God be God and myself be the true me. This moment-by-moment relationship with the Holy Spirit enables me to live with an unexplainable, incomprehensible sense of order and peace of mind—moment by moment.

I’m so grateful that time is God’s to control and utilize, not mine. Amen!