NOVEMBER 20
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. (Eccl. 3:1)
Planning holidays sometimes feels like air traffic control at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Now that two of my children are married, even planning family dinners has gotten more complicated. They obviously want to spend time with their spouse’s family as well as ours. As the rest of my children become adults and move away for school and work, we also need to factor in their schedules and geographical distances. It’s not as simple as when they were little and we could invite Grandma and Grandpa over, maybe include some aunts, uncles, and cousins, and be done.
When you toss in some ugly weather, last-minute flu bugs, and unexpected airport delays, it gets even crazier. We do our best to manage all the variables and get everyone together for an enjoyable, memorable family celebration. But life remains constantly unpredictable. Despite our best efforts to plan and adjust, we’re forced to rely on God. He’s the only one who’s truly in control and knows what’s going to happen.
So often we assume we can manage our time, our schedules, and our expectations each day, each month, each season. But only God knows the best time for everything and everyone. We can plan all we want as long as we remember that God’s timing trumps everything.
Today let God guide your plans according to his timing and not your own.
Power Lift
Dear God, I yield my schedule to you today. You give me life and breath. I know that your timing is better than anything I can plan.
Groeschel, Craig. Daily Power: 365 Days of Fuel for Your Soul. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017. Print.