Quotes about Timing

Be quick - but don't hurry.

Can we trust that things unfold in their own time and that we do not have to fix everything or even anything?

If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.

You will get there, when you are meant to get there. So relax, breathe and be patient.

You will get there when you are meant to get there and not one moment sooner...so relax, breathe, and be patient.

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon.

Finally, I learned that we shouldn't seek answers as much as we should seek God. We get overanxious. We try to microwave our own answers instead of trusting God's timing. But here's an important reminder: If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you. There comes a point after you have prayed through that you need to let go and let God. How? By resisting the temptation to manufacture your own answer to your own prayer.

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time.

When we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down. When we try to make things easier, we usually make them harder. Don't try to manufacture your own miracles. Don't try to answer your own prayers. Don't try to do God's job for Him. Stay humble. Stay patient. Stay focused.

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time, but it's up to us to see and seize those opportunities that are all around us all the time.

When we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down.