And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14 ESV)
Timing
The right timing is important. It is not enough to know the guitar chord, the notes also has to be played at precisely the right time. It is not enough to know the ingredients, they must be added to the recipe in the right order, and at the right time. It is not enough to know the road directions, but sometimes the turn needs to be made avoiding other moving things… timing.
And the more important the situation, the more willing we are to focus on the right timing.
God loves His people. And so He uses His perfect, exact, and necessary timing to bless us.
In this passage, Mordecai pronounces to Esther that perhaps she was in Persia at just the right time, for God’s wonderful salvific reasons. And Mordecai was right.
God’s actions in our lives all involve perfect timing. We often do not understand His timing, yet. But because He is God, and because He loves His people, we can be assured that the timing is just right.
The timing is because of His love.
Christ was born at the exact right time. He was crucified at the exact right time. He arose at exactly the right time. And every moment of our lives continues that exactly correct timing.
When things do not seem to be timed the way we would time them, trust God’s love and power to be better than our senses and understanding. He loves us, and so gives us His perfect timing.