When the Wait Is the Work
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”— Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
The Tension Between Promise and Process
One of the hardest truths to accept in life is that God’s timing rarely matches ours. We pray, plan, and pursue, expecting results on our schedule. But heaven doesn’t move on human deadlines. God’s timing has its own rhythm—one that is often slower, quieter, and more purposeful than we realize.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 reminds us that God makes everything beautiful in His time, not ours. His timing is not random; it’s redemptive. It reshapes impatience into perseverance and frustration into faith.
We often want the finished picture while God is still painting the strokes. He’s weaving details we can’t see, preparing blessings we can’t yet carry.
What seed has God asked you to plant that still hasn’t produced fruit? How can you remain faithful in the waiting?