Daily Devotional - January 7th, 2026

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1

“Impatience asks God to hurry, but faith learns to walk at His pace.” — Alma Ohene-Opare

Commentary:

There is a tension every faithful person feels sooner or later: the gap between what we hope God will do and when He chooses to do it. Our hearts are sincere, our prayers earnest, yet heaven seems quiet. In that silence, impatience can masquerade as urgency. We tell ourselves the cause is just, the need real, the moment critical. But God is not governed by pressure. He is governed by purpose.

God’s timing is not slow; it is deliberate. Just as a farmer cannot force a harvest without destroying the crop, the Lord will not rush outcomes that require growth, refinement, or preparation. We see only the immediate discomfort of waiting. God sees the long arc of our character, the unseen connections, and the consequences that stretch beyond our view. What feels like delay is often mercy protecting us from receiving something before we are ready to steward it wisely.

Impatience tempts us to take shortcuts. Scripture is full of examples where people acted ahead of God and created unnecessary sorrow. Waiting, by contrast, disciplines the soul. It teaches trust over control, obedience over impulse. In a culture trained to expect instant results, choosing to wait on the Lord becomes an act of quiet courage. It declares that truth, timing, and authority still matter.

Christ Himself lived in perfect submission to divine timing. He did not begin His ministry early, nor did He escape suffering when the hour arrived. He trusted the Father’s schedule completely, even when it led to the cross before the resurrection. To live Christlike is to trust that God’s calendar is wiser than our clocks, and His delays are not denials but designs.

Scripture:

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1

Daily Application:

Pause today before pushing for an outcome. Pray for patience, then choose one situation where you will stop forcing progress and instead act in faithful obedience while you wait.