Timing and Expectations

One morning while sitting in my office checking e-mail and of course Facebook, I learned of a trailer fire that occurred in our county. I drove out to the scene and looked at the devastation first hand, and looked in awe at what fire can do to a family dwelling. While I was thankful for God's protection in the fact that no lives were lost and that physical hurt did not occur, I wondered what I could do and why God had called me on that day?

Even though I didn't know these folks, I  understood that they are linked to me as fellow members of God's creation and that God linked us to each other outside of denominational affiliations. What is it like to lose everything? What would it be like to walk in their shoes? These are questions that we must ask ourselves.

Mark 5:21-43 tells us of a woman that had been bleeding for twelve years and of a family whose daughter had passed away. Both of these situations must have felt hopeless to those incurring them and only one thing drove them to healing and resurrected life: The healing and life giving touch of Jesus Christ!

Why did the woman have to wait twelve years to be healed? Why did the the girl live twelve years, only to die? The answer to these questions is unknown, but the healing occurred in God's timing and God's love, that defy expectations and rules that this world tries to place on itself.

Why did this families trailer burn down and why did  they lose everything, why did God place me here at that time and on that day. Maybe it was to be the body of Christ to those that were like the bleeding woman and the young girl who died. Brothers and Sisters God places us in situations at different times and places in God's time as to show them the body of Christ, and to let them know that in their deepest and darkest moments, God has not left them.

So next time God calls you and places you in a position to help those in need and dispear, don't ask why me, just know that God has selected the place and the time for you to be his witness, his servant and his church to those that need him at that very time and that very moment.

Remember, God calls and places us on his time, and never our.

Pastor Tim