Thought Quotient

Often in our lives God’s leading and timing don’t make sense at first. For years we pray for a loved one’s health, for a friend’s salvation, or for a missionary to receive funds. We plug away endlessly at a miserable job with no promotion. Yet when we look back in hindsight, we actually come to appreciate how God led us - and all the victories and failures along the way - to prepare us for something we felt ready for much earlier. While we strain to see over the next horizon, God sees the map from above - and so knows the best way to proceed.
As we anticipate next year with all its uncertainties, we can take comfort that our God sees the future as clearly as the past. He seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey. Eventually, we discover that in our simple obedience to God’s word, He has guided us along paths far too complex for us to see at the time. Eventually, His leading and His timing become clear. - Wayne Stiles