Timing
God’s timing will never be the same as
ours. We try to get ahead of him and just mess things up. Point Of
Grace got it right in their song Steady On.
“We run ahead, we lag behind you
It’s hard to wait when Heaven’s on our
mind.
Teach our restless feet to walk beside
you
‘Cause in our hearts we’re already gone
Will you walk with us
Steady On.”
See the Pharisees thought there was a
right and wrong time for everything. They aren’t the only ones that get
that mindset. When Jesus dealt with them, he liked to “Flip the script.”
I’m going to show you some verses because we need to be reminded it’s
never the wrong time when doing the right thing is concerned.
Luke 14:1-6
“One sabbath day Jesus went to eat
dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees and the people were watching
him closely. There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.
Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law. ‘Is it
permitted in the law to heal people on the sabbath day or not?’ When they
refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away.
Then he turned to them and said, ‘Which of you doesn’t work on the
sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don’t you rush to get
him out?’ Again, they could not answer.”
When you have the chance to help
someone else don’t hesitate. God, has you involved in people’s lives for
a reason.
Galatians 6:9-10
“So, let’s not get tired of doing what
is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we
don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do
good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.”
The rewrite. Yeah, I’m adding to
a blog I thought was ready to post. Some of you know that Marion was a
volunteer at this year’s Corpus Christi Comic Con. I got to go and enjoy
the event and I had some things happen that showed me and a few people that
kindness can help others and I wanted to share some of that because it was
little things. Because she was a volunteer, she got in for free leaving
us with an extra ticket. My friend and former coworker Nancy was asking
about tickets on Facebook so I messaged her and invited her to join us.
I’ll get back to that. I decided to get an extra ticket for
Saturday because I was off work with nothing to do. This worked to my
advantage because my friend Will was meeting us there the following day.
This is where this kindness thing is about to fall in place. So, my
favorite place at a comic con is what is known as artist’s alley. Comic
book artists hang out in booths selling their art. I met this guy named
Vo Nguyen and he would draw you a picture of any character you wanted and sell
you a comic for a price. Well, I asked for She-Hulk and these two ladies
were there when he was working on the picture. He had no water and
couldn’t paint the picture green for me. One lady heard that and so she
went to a concession stand got him water and small cups. Then he couldn’t
get any WiFi to charge my card. So, I go to the atm and came back and he
finished my picture. Next to him was another artist named Julia Mann and
I bought artwork from her. I walked maybe 10 feet away and saw this young
lady in a costume of Sabine from Star Wars Rebels I showed her my artwork I had
just bought of the character from Julia because she asked where I got it.
I walked 10 feet away and turned the girl in the costume had gone to
Julia’s booth because I said something. Now things went even crazier with
kindness the next day. See I told you earlier in the blog you will never
know just how God is connecting you to others. Next day I go back and
kinda became a tour guide for Nancy because it was her first time at a comic
con. It’s a strange place for your first visit. Later, she repaid
us for the ticket by taking Marion and I to lunch. Connect the dots
there. But this last part and this is so cool. When my friend Will
finally met up with me I knew he had been looking for specific artwork of
Batman vs Superman and I had been all over the day before trying to find some
for him. I told him. I have an idea I know a guy. I took him
back to Vo and he was out of comics to sell and only had his artwork. So,
they strike up a monetary deal. My friend got unique one of a kind piece
of artwork. So Vo had added me as a friend on Facebook and that night I get
home and he told me I had been the highlight of his weekend experience.
Here’s a guy already famous for his artwork and somehow, I made his weekend
better. I was just in the moment. He humbled me with his words.
Sometimes God will use you in tiny ways to impact someone else that you
will never expect.
Your mission should you choose to
accept it is to be kind to others because it’s always the right time.
Meant to be by Steven Curtis Chapman
Who God is gonna use by RichMullins
