But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day (2 Peter 3:8).

If I ever fall into a vat of radioactive goo and develop superhero powers, I hope my power is time control.  The possibilities are mind boggling.  At the very least, I could stop time whenever I wanted sleep, snooze to my heart’s delight, and then wake up with no time having passed.  Think of all the stuff I could get done.

I mean, I could save lives and fight evil and all that too, but let’s not dismiss the power of the unlimited nap.

God is, may I remind you, different from us.  He does not just control time (nor does he nap, I understand).  He is outside of time.  Time, literally, has no effect on him, any more than you might be compelled to follow the rules in a story you have written.

So…

We need to be careful when we start expecting God to work according to our time frame.  He’s too big for that.  He’s too much for that.  He’s too…God for that, and he will blow right out of any box you try to stuff him into.

But what about my plans?  Time may not affect God, but it sure is passing for me!

I know, Beloved.  And I understand that “Trust him” can sound cliché when the clock is ticking and you are not where, or who, you think you should be.

And yet, “Trust him” is all I have to offer you.

And it is enough.

Because you can.