IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME Today’s Text: But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. (Psalm 69:13) Today’s Thoughts: God knows all things. He knows when it is the right time to grant us our requests, and when it is not in our best interest, or when it is best for us to wait. Sometimes we may think that there is no reason why God shouldn’t grant our request, but He knows best. If it truly is an acceptable time to Him, He will, in mercy, grant us our petitions. Today’s Testimony: Yesterday I shared the testimony of my alarm clock; now I’d like to add to that. About three weeks later my alarm clock was still keeping time so I thought it would be interesting to not pray one night and see if the alarm clock lost time – just to add to the testimony. If it didn’t lose time I also knew that it could also be that God knew better. Anyway, I thought to test it one night, but God knew better. I didn’t test it, I prayed my usual prayer. My alarm clock went off on time. As for it being better, Julie had fallen asleep again after she had put her alarm clock off. She only woke up when my alarm went off. We both could have over-slept a lot longer if I had chosen that night. God knew better, and therefore directed me not to choose that night. I didn’t ever test it in the end. But after all the rest of the testimonies around my alarm clock, I didn’t need to. On another occasion Julie and I had been sick and our mom said we weren’t allowed to set our alarm clocks. We had to stay in bed until it was warmer. When I was a bit better I started by setting my alarm clock for a later time. The one night I prayed my usual prayer, “Lord, please let my alarm clock keep time all night and go off on time in the morning. Your will be done. Amen”; then added a side thought, “But if it doesn’t, it doesn’t really matter.” It didn’t go off the next morning. God knew better, He knew I still needed to rest and recover. When we pray and the timing is acceptable in accordance with God’s will, He will grant us our petitions. He knows what time is best for everything. Today’s Task: Take your petitions to the Lord. But remember that He knows best. He has an acceptable time to answer. You might not always be able to see why He chose to answer the way He did, but sometimes we just have to trust God’s heart. He cares about you. God is good – always good, and only good. Today’s Thanks: Lord I thank You that You know what’s best for every single one of us. I pray that You will do Your perfect will in every situation. Lord, help us to trust Your heart and know that You will only do what is best for us. I thank You for Your love. Amen.
