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Psalm 90.4 (NIV)
For a thousand years in your sight are like a day
that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
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| He’s got all the time in the world.* |
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Time
for us here on earth is a matter of perspective. When you’re a kid, the days
before Christmas are long, while the weeks of summer vacation pass by in a
flash. As adults, we find that dreading a future event hastens its arrival
while anticipation causes time to drag. We measure time by clocks and calendars
while Moses, the writer of this psalm, gauged time by the heavens.
Time doesn’t
travel at the same speed for God as it does for us. As someone has said, “Years and days
measure only the duration of created things.”* God has created us to be limited by time and so he works within those
limitations.
This
is certainly the verse to remember when we are waiting for God’s will to be
revealed or for him to act on our behalf. And while we know that our viewpoint
affects our perception of how quickly God is moving, we must also keep in mind
that often events have to play out somewhere else in order for him to arrange a
blessing for us in our place and time. (There is a great story in the book of
Daniel which illustrates this point. Read about Daniel’s encounter with an
angel in Daniel 10.4–21, paying special attention to verse 13.)
Keep
in the mind “the enormous leisure of God”* and that he is never in a hurry! And be thankful that God is orchestrating your affairs for your benefit and his glory.
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| We cannot rush the timing of God.* |
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