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A Prayer for Timing by Meg Buker, read by Lea Martin.

He replied, the father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you'll be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem throughout Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.

Acts 1, 7-8.

There are a million reasons I'd love to race into the future and see what my daughters are going to do with their lives, so I know how best to prepare them for it.

It'd be nice if we had a time machine to see when relationships would work and when we'd need to prepare for the fallout of heartbreak.

It's difficult to open ourselves up to the possibility of friendship when we have no idea if it will work out long term.

We're always searching for a guarantee in life.

Luke recorded the verses above to remind the disciples that God holds the authority over all dates and times.

The life application Bible explains, like other Jews, the disciples chaffed under their Roman rulers.

They wanted Jesus to free Israel from Roman power and then become their king.

Jesus replied that God the Father sets the timetable for all events, worldwide, national, and personal.

If you want changes that God hasn't yet made, don't become impatient instead. Trust his timetable.

So let's pray today for the patience to wait on God's perfect timing.

Father, today we're reminded by Luke's recording in the Book of Acts that you alone have the authority over the timetable of our lives, and it's not for us to know.

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