Our Sovereign GOD Is Never Before HIS Time.

The clock of Providence!

(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)

"There is a clock with which 

Providence keeps time and pace--

and GOD HIMSELF sets it!"

Our time is always now, for we are 

in selfish haste. But everything happens 

according to GOD'S divine time-table. 

Our sovereign GOD is never before HIS time--

and never too late. We may well admire 

the punctuality of Heaven.

Our trials come in due season--

and leave at the appointed moment. 

Our fretfulness will neither hasten nor 

delay the purposes of our sovereign GOD.

We are in hot haste to order all our affairs. 

But the LORD has the leisure of 

omnipotence and unerring wisdom--

and it will be well for us to learn to wait. 

The clock will not strike until the hour; 

but when the instant comes, 

we shall hear the bell.

My soul, trust in GOD, and 

wait patiently when HE says, 

"MY time has not yet come--
but your time is always here!" 
John 7:6 

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