THE LAW OF TIMING!

Nehemiah 1:1-11 BSB

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, [2] Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. [3] And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” [4] When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. [5] Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, [6] let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. [7] We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses. [8] Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, [9] but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’ [10] They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand. [11] O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

Timing, they say, is everything! Many things in life run smoothly because time is allocated and managed to the nanosecond, and when off by even a second, chaos ensues. Some things, machines, and timetables run like clockwork, and the slightest change in schedule can create havoc.

We live in a world controlled and governed by time—the chronological twenty-four-hour clock—and nobody gets any more or less time. Time is universal, as stated in Ecclesiastes 9:11.

Timing is a law: how quickly something moves and how long it stays still. Time can be slow, speedy, or still. That’s why we must make good use of time because once spent, it’s gone and can’t be returned, reversed, or bought back.

Timing is essential to the development and perfection of all things. As Ecclesiastes 3:11 puts it, only God can make all things beautiful in His time. Even God will not interrupt a timed event to satisfy any man but only for His glory, according to Isaiah 48:1.

The difference between life and death, success and failure, acceptance and rejection is a matter of timing. “Pick your moment” means we must know the appropriate time for something to be said or done to be meaningful and impactful.

That’s exactly what Nehemiah did; he picked his moment by choosing the right time to see the king. We must learn that timing is everything! The law of timing cannot be bent, manipulated, or ignored. Nehemiah spoke to the king about Jerusalem four months after he heard of the broken city wall. He began praying in December, but it was in April that he approached the king about going to rebuild the wall. Why? The law of timing—picking his moment!

When we have a vision and a burden like Nehemiah did, we must wait for the right time to step up. Nehemiah spent time in prayer, prayer that would make the foundation of any project succeed, create opportunities, open doors, and grant favours.

To succeed in any endeavour, we must use the right time to approach our designated helpers so that they too would be emotionally and mentally prepared by the Lord to see and support our burdens, visions, and projects, just as Nehemiah did with the king in chapter 2:2-5. Because he picked the right time, he received favour from the king, way beyond what he even expected.

Our seasons are timed and timely. There are times to move quickly, slowly, to wait, and times of urgency. We can never rush time; it goes as fast or as slow as we perceive it.

Galatians 4:4 says when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son at the right moment in human history. God directed world events and prepared peoples and nations for Christ and the proclamation of the gospel. God set the right time for the fulfilment of His promise. He couldn’t have sent Christ earlier or later; He sent Him just at the right time.

Are you waiting on the Lord and hoping He’ll hurry up? See 2 Peter 3:9.

We see how much David understood God’s timing that he willingly relinquished control of time into God’s hands in Psalm 31:14-15.

Have you realized that God is time and everything He does is according to His time, as seen in Ecclesiastes 3:11?

God is the God of time and the only one able to control it, as confirmed in Matthew 24:36, which says no one knows, not even Jesus, the Son, knows the day of judgment, neither the time nor hour.

We must learn to stop allocating time to God for things that only He knows how and when is best for us. There is a law of timing operated by God alone.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for the assurance that times belong to you, help me wisely regard the law of timing and use the time allocated to me in Jesus’ name, amen.

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