{"id":424,"date":"2020-06-15T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T16:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/?p=424"},"modified":"2020-06-25T19:42:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:42:53","slug":"gods-timing-is-always-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/gods-timing-is-always-right\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Timing Is Always Right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/khadeeja-yasser-9jLYl1TmZAg-unsplash-1170x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My mom recently brought in two lemon trees and they&#8217;ve been watered consistently for the most part. At the moment there&#8217;s nothing to show that they are lemon trees, just their leaves. I mean, its their season&#8230; our neighbour has so many lemons &#8211; she doesn&#8217;t know what to do with them, whilst two of our trees are bare.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve never observed a fruit tree grow from scratch, the mango tree was planted way before I existed so I never really got to observe the time taken for it to start producing fruit. I realised that almost everything we&#8217;re exposed to nowadays happens in <strong>what seems like an instant<\/strong>. With the exception of some groups, you don&#8217;t see how the food on your plate came to be: you didn&#8217;t plant and harvest the maize, you didn&#8217;t rear the cattle, you didn&#8217;t plant the vegetables or fruits you eat. Someone else did the hard hours and you bought the food conveniently at a supermarket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instant oats, <em>2-minute<\/em> noodles and a bunch of other things in our modern world really take out the waiting component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favourite depiction of things appearing to happen so fast, <em>montage. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Montage is a film editing technique in which a series of short shots are sequenced to condense space, time, and information<\/p><cite>Wikipedia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Montages where they have songs like Survivor&#8217;s legendary <em>&#8220;Eye of the Tiger&#8221;<\/em> playing in the background, six months worth of training for a big game or studying for a final are condensed into a minute or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How about this montage from Disney&#8217;s <em>&#8220;The Lion King&#8221;<\/em> where we saw Simba transition from a cub to a full grown lion in a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/ycKlfboAj3k2s\" width=\"480\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/disney-the-lion-king-montage-disney-ycKlfboAj3k2s\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Looking at the biographies of successful people: 15 years of blood, sweat and tears can be a 3-minute read and the years of growth that molded your favourite preachers can be condensed into an hour or forty five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supermarkets, the montages, the accounts people give of their lives &#8211; these can make the big deals in life look like they took a relatively short time because we receive the information (or the food) in a short space of time. When you&#8217;re walking down your path and you&#8217;re waiting for your <em>big break <\/em>you can end up feeling demotivated if you overlook the time component. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you observed people who start something like going to gym, reading their Bible, starting a revision plan or start a skin care regime and on day 1 they are already looking for results? People who do<strong> one day<\/strong> of cardio and look in the mirror to see if they&#8217;ve shed off some kilograms. People who do <strong>one hour<\/strong> of revision and expect to instantly move from an<em> E<\/em> to an <em>A*<\/em> in their academic performance. I used the legendary rice water solution on my hair and a day later I was trying to look out for any visible growth. LOL.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/Z9OGuQyrfHAE8\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/the-office-laughing-nbc-Z9OGuQyrfHAE8\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Waiting is not easy and it is so easy to give up because whatever is being cooked up for you is taking <em>&#8220;too long&#8221; <\/em>because we&#8217;ve been conditioned to get instant results take a look at weight-loss concoctions, hair growth serums and the like, their selling point is <em>&#8220;see immediate results, instant progress&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s our nature, we want to see a rapid response, immediate results, <a href=\"https:\/\/positivepsychology.com\/instant-gratification\/\">instant gratification<\/a>. The <em>&#8220;it&#8217;s taking too long&#8221;<\/em> mentality is due to our limited carnal thinking <strong>especially when we have to rely on God&#8217;s timing<\/strong>. We can handle waiting for a definite amount of time: an hour for a cake, 4 years to get a degree, but God&#8217;s timing does not take heed of our logic and expectations. Your breakthrough, deliverance or your blessing will not arrive at a time <strong>you think<\/strong> is convenient, it will come to pass when God decides its time, just trust Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>But those who&nbsp;wait on the&nbsp;Lord<br>Shall renew&nbsp;<em>their<\/em>&nbsp;strength;<br>They shall mount up with wings like eagles,<br>They shall run and not be weary,<br>They shall walk and not faint.<\/p><cite>Isaiah 40:31&nbsp;New King James Version (NKJV)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The lyrics of this song really touched my heart. Jesus accomplished a great deal by dying on the cross for us but that didn&#8217;t happen until a very long time had passed. He didn&#8217;t emerge as a grown man ready to bear the brunt of our burdens, He was a child, He grew <strong>and then<\/strong> He saved us. That is the God we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For all I know of seasons<br>Is that You take Your time<br>You could have saved us in a second<br>Instead You sent a child, oh<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QaEx2A7p9Dk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillsong Worship, Seasons<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In closing just focus on the last 3 seconds of this video.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-mEX4NUgGLc?start=48\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mom recently brought in two lemon trees and they&#8217;ve been watered consistently for the most part. 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