As a Christian, we must trust in God’s timing. Most of the time we struggle with our expectations of God’s plan and wonder why He doesn’t answer our prayers. The Bible gives us many examples of this, from which we understand the need to wait on God’s timing.
We can understand God’s timing better if we remember the story of Abraham and Sarah. God promised them a child but it took many years for that promise to be fulfilled. During this time, they doubted and became impatient with God. But God fulfilled that promise on time through the birth of Isaac. From this story, we learn that God knows the right time and that He acts on time.
The Lord Jesus also taught us to be completely dependent on God and to be steadfast in faith in His timing. God is not a liar that He will not keep His word to us but He knows our future so He gives us what we need on time.
Therefore, as children of God, let us trust in His timing and be patient. May we never doubt and distrust God.
Dear friends, now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about God’s timing.
Habakkuk 1:5 : —
“Behold ye among the heathen, regard, wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you”
Habakkuk 2:3 : —
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry”
Psalm 102:13 : —
“Thou shalt arise, have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come”
Psalm 130:5 : —
“I wait for the Lord , my soul doth wait, in his word do I hope”
Psalm 145:15 : —
“The eyes of all wait upon thee; thou givest them their meat in due season”
Psalm 25:5 : —
“Lead me in thy truth, teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day”
Psalm 27:14 : —
“Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord”
Psalm 31:15 : —
“My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, from them that persecute me”
Psalm 37:7 : —
“Rest in the Lord , wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass”
Psalm 46:10 : —
“Be still, know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”
Psalm 62:5 : —
“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him”
Psalm 75:2 : —
“When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly”
Psalm 90:4 : —
“For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, as a watch in the night”
Isaiah 30:18 : —
“Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him”
Isaiah 40:31 : —
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, not be weary; they shall walk, not faint”
Isaiah 49:8 : —
“Thus saith the Lord , In an acceptable time have I heard thee, in a day of salvation have I helped thee: I will preserve thee, give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages”
Isaiah 55:8-9 : —
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LordFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts than your thoughts”
Isaiah 60:22 : —
“A little one shall become a thousand, a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time”
Galatians 6:9 : —
“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not”
Romans 13:11 : —
“That, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed”
Romans 5:6 : —
“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly”
Romans 8:28 : —
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”
Proverbs 16:9 : —
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps”
Proverbs 27:1 : —
“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth”
Proverbs 3:5-6 : —
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understandingIn all thy ways acknowledge him, he shall direct thy paths”
Lamentations 3:25-26 : —
“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh himIt is good that a man should both hope quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 : —
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end”
Ecclesiastes 8:6 : —
“Because to every purpose there is time judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him”
Acts 1:7 : —
“He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power”
Acts 3:19-21 : —
“Repent ye therefore, be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the LordAnd he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto youWhom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began”
James 5:7-8 : —
“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, hath long patience for it, until he receive the early latter rainBe ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh”
Jeremiah 29:11 : —
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, not of evil, to give you an expected end”
Hebrews 6:12 : —
“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith patience inherit the promises”
Genesis 18:14 : —
“Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, Sarah shall have a son”
Micah 7:7 : —
“Therefore I will look unto the Lord ; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me”
John 11:6 : —
“When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was”
John 7:6 : —
“Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready”
Luke 12:40 : —
“Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not”
Luke 18:7-8 : —
“Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day night unto him, though he bear long with them?I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”
Zephaniah 3:8 : —
“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord , until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy”
Mark 1:15 : —
“Saying, The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, believe the gospel”
Daniel 12:4 : —
“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to fro, knowledge shall be increased”
Ephesians 1:9-10 : —
“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himselfThat in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, which are on earth; even in him”
Philippians 4:6 : —
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God”
Matthew 24:36 : —
“But of that day hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only”
Matthew 26:18 : —
“He said, Go into the city to such a man, say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples”
Job 14:14 : —
“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come”
Titus 1:3 : —
“But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour”
Colossians 4:5 : —
“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time”
Revelation 1:3 : —
“Blessed is he that readeth, they that hear the words of this prophecy, keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand”
Amos 5:13 : —
“Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time”