“God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped.”
2 Corinthians 6:2 (MSG)
Have you ever noticed that God is never in a hurry, but He is never late! The problem is that His schedule and ours are not often synced. That’s where faith comes in. We learn to trust God through the circumstances of life over which we have no control. In Psalm 107, the psalmist underscored God’s timely response to Israel’s cry for help. Four times he said, “Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time.” Verses 6, 13, 19, 28 (MSG) Maybe one of God’s names is “Jehovah-in-the-Nick-of-Time.”
It may seem like God is not listening. At times, He may even appear as an unkind friend, indifferent to our needs. Jesus even tells a story about that in Luke 11. If we were to judge Him based on our circumstances, we would too often draw the wrong conclusion because our judgment would be premature and incomplete. God knows our needs. God hears our cry. That’s why the writer of Hebrews said, “Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].” Hebrews 4:16 (AMP)
The day you need Him most; God will be there to help!
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