Timing is important.
The good news of telling something to another doesn’t always need to spill out just because we know of it or, have ‘some new knowledge’. When we are impassioned by something, it can seem excruciatingly painful not to pass it along. It may even seem to take on a life of it's own, like an overfilled bucket, it's a challenge to keep holding in that special ‘update’.
II Samuel 18:20 “You are not the one to take the news today,” Joab told him. “You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
The scripture mentioned above was in regard to Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok a priest assigned as news messenger for king David. He found himself in an awkward position, having to take a step back from telling the good news that they had won the battle. At closer examination we see there had also been another event, a most painful one and king David would need time to mourn – the loss of his son, Absalom.
Now, when we hunt for it, various verses from the Bible can carry a gift to us. In this passage, we find a powerful principle of the elegance of time. Mourning the loss of someone loved is never something one would hope for but, when it comes, it must be regarded as a sacred act. Rushing headlong into bringing a ‘newsflash’ can make for ‘stumbling partner’ rather than a space to welcome some heralded news. Wisdom says, ‘there is a time and place for sharing’.
This season, give yourself space to rest in quiet repose.
God’s elastic element of time has both loud and soft sounds, it contains both width and dimension. Imparting honor to timing allows a fresh vision of belonging and tenderness but from a place within, not based on on an external event or need to get something 'off your chest'. Gain respect for the awe of timing as you discover God’s possession of it as a creation gift to mankind.
How long will it be before we learn to recognize the value of waiting for the creative breath of love, space, grace for the right moment, person, or location? God knows the deep passions of our desires, He put those there as a gift but the despair of withholding is also a treasure – will we receive it, too?
Do you struggle with ease or quiet? Do to rush to share something and then feel like it didn’t land well? We can be so quick to abort the care of God’s timing and toss it aside as inconvenient to us.
Lord, forgive us.
Give our mind’s eyes the beauty of our own brokenness and fill us with radiant fear of casting desires to quickly into view. The enemy’s entanglement awaits to entrap us yet again, especially against one another. Lord, nurture our nature so our hearts may receive the awe of the sweet surrender of trust. Like a mother’s kiss lit upon the forehead, cradle our head and cup Your living water over our ever maddened brow. Silence the chaos within, Lord and help us become those who live from an overflow of life with an ability to dip out from a place in Your Holy sanctuary.
Each of us is meant to be a part of God’s exquisite plan, care, love, and an impartation of life. Teach us to grow, abandoned in trust. We welcome the abundance of the east wind as it blows through with it's presence of care, caress, and cleansing into the deep crevasses of our relentless sense of duty.
Father, give us to know the embrace of Your elegance of time. Like gold in dossal form, flowing and pouring over our hearts, saturate and seal every entry point, realm, and dimension and reunite in reverential covenant our original essence with Your mark of true love.
Unwrap the scowl of our heart and infuse anew Your light, beaming with calculations of colors that emanate around a gift given. Amen.
Now is the time to act on these words dear reader. Check your regard of timing with a special someone or something which endears you in this moment. Recognize, value and make an upper room within your heart for a grace of belonging, so that others may gather there and come close.
Choose to stop feeding a poverty mindset.
As we enter this season of social engagements and holiday obligation remember the choose to rest in God’s best timing and appreciate how valued and free, we really are. There will likely be some harsh realities throughout this season, so learn to mourn those broken pieces and invite a new understanding of wisdom. There is nothing lacking in God’s plans and economy. He is our true and righteous source.
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