Isn’t it amazing how God’s timing works? Like really, have you noticed?
Let’s be real. I hate it when someone tells me, “All in God’s time”.
My heart screams, But I want it now! I can’t always wrap my head around why there’s a waiting period. Why the delay? Why the pause? And yet, in the waiting… there’s growing.
I sometimes imagine God laughing at my agitation, my impatience, my tapping foot and crossed arms.
And then, when I finally surrender, when I learn the lesson, I think He smiles. Almost as if He’s saying: “Yeah, baby, you’re starting to get this. You’re starting to get Me.”
Because only in the waiting do we learn how to truly manage ourselves. Only there do we discover the depth of prayer and the power of focus.
Isaiah 40:31 says: “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
Waiting isn’t wasted time. It’s holy ground. It’s the place where desperation pulls us into deeper intimacy with God.
The place where all we can do is lean in, pray harder, and enter His presence fully.
I believe this is where the treasures of darkness that Isaiah speaks of are hidden (Isa 45:3).
They aren’t jewels you stumble on in broad daylight, they’re discoveries you make in the shadows, in the midnight hours, in the seasons of waiting and wondering.
And here’s the miracle, when (not if) He comes through, there is no question. You know that you know, it was Him. It had to be Him.
That’s why we call it the 11th hour breakthrough. Just when the clock feels as if it’s run out, just when your strength is gone, He steps in. Right on time. His time. And His timing is always perfect.
So if you’re in that season right now, waiting, pacing, frustrated, hear this: Your waiting is not in vain.
God is writing your testimony in this very moment. And when the breakthrough comes, it will leave no doubt. It will shout His glory.
The 11th hour is the hour of breakthrough. And your story is still unfolding. Trust Him. (VICKY LUDICK)
The Grey-ness of God
When we think of God, our minds often paint Him in radiant colours, good, kind, majestic, glorious. Surely not grey! But let me explain. When I speak of the “grey-ness of God,” I’m not saying He is dull, lifeless, or uncertain. No, our God is anything but. What I mean is this: God cannot be placed in the neat little boxes we often build for Him.
He is not just one attribute. He is not just love. He is not just peace. He is also jealous for His people, fierce in His holiness, and a consuming fire against the enemy of our souls. We prefer to dwell on His gentleness, the Lamb who laid down His life. Yet, He is also the Lion of Judah, the same Jesus who drove the money changers out of the temple with righteous anger (John 2:15-16).
This is the God who will not tolerate idolatry, the God who brings justice, the God who fights on behalf of His children. Isaiah records the Lord saying, “I will give you the treas- ures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name” (Isaiah 45:3).
Until He reveals Himself, we only know Him in part. In His kindness, He gives us glimpses of who He is, because our hearts could not contain the fullness of His majesty all at once.
And oh, what a revelation awaits when we see Him not just as the gentle Shepherd, but also as the conquering King!
The book of Revelation gives us this breathtaking image:“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.
With justice He judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on His head are many crowns… He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God… Out of His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations… On His robe and on His thigh He has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”(Rev 19:11–16)
This is the same Jesus who said He would leave the 99 to come after the one (Luke 15:4).
The same Jesus who pursues you with relentless love. As the song declares: “No shadow You won’t light up, Mountain You won’t climb up, coming after me. No wall You won’t kick down, Lie You won’t tear down, Coming after me.”
Yes, He is the God who makes war against sin, death, and the powers of darkness. He wages that war for you.
He is the God who burns with holy wrath against the enemy of your soul, and at the very same time, He is the Father who holds you tenderly in His arms.This is the grey-ness of God. Not a lack of colour, but a depth beyond what our eyes can perceive.
It is the tension of His mercy and His might, His gentleness and His justice. It is the awe of knowing that the One who has fire in His eyes and a sword in His hand is also the One who whispers, “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jer 31:3).
Friend, if you are the one who has wandered, He is coming for you. If you feel too unworthy, too broken, too far gone, know this: the Warrior God, the King of Kings, will not relent until He has you. The grey-ness of God will leave you in holy awe.