In His time, He makes all things beautiful

In His time, He makes all things beautiful, in His time. Lord please show me everyday, as you’re teaching me your way, that you do just what you say, in Your time.” Further "...You make all things beautiful in your time. Lord, my life to You I bring, may each song I have to sing be to you a lovely thing in Your time."

This song is a good reminder to us all that God is in control of everything. He knows when to give us, and what to give us. The best part of it all is, He gives them all just at the right time. He has done that in the past, present and now, and He’ll continue to do so in the future.

We all have times that we are faced with times that we are troubled. We may be experiencing a financial hardship or sickness. Or we might be just waiting for Gods will to be done in our lives.Perhaps you have heard it said that 'a wine isn't good before it's time.' Or perhaps you may have read that a cheese is to be properly "aged." There are certain things that have to be set aside for a particular amount of time before they are fit to be used.

What does this have to do with mankind?
God gave great knowledge to the author of Ecclesiastes. The third chapter gives us a great insight into the reasoning that God uses when He does the things that he does.
And at a time when David was at a rough time in his life, he wrote "But I trust in you, O Lord; I say 'You are my God. My times are in your hands;'" (Psalms 31:14-15)
Everything is done according to His time and His purpose. When Moses was leading the believers to the promised land, He made them walk through the wilderness for several years. Not because they were evil and had sinned (as we know they did), but because they needed to learn His will and grow to love and appreciate the land that they were to inherit.

The prophet Abraham and his wife Sarah waited 100 years before they were able to have children. Not by their choice but by God's choice and divine plan.
The prophet Job suffered quite an amount of toil and torment that built him to be a more wealthy and godly man. Even Jesus walked in the wilderness for forty days and nights. There He was tempted by Satan to give up His calling as the Messiah and to follow the adversary.

And, lastly, after Jesus was resurrected, he appeared to the disciples to teach. They asked Him when the kingdom was to be restored to Israel. "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority." (ACTS 1:6-8)
All of these are examples of times that men of God (and even God Himself) have been set aside for a better purpose.

So let us be encouraged to remember “that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Rom 8:28) And the Lord will certainly work all things well, in HIS TIME. As the 2nd stanza of the song goes, “In Your Time, You make all things beautiful, In Your Time. Lord, my life to you I bring, may each song I have to sing, be to You a lovely thing, in Your Time.”