Is This the Christ?
Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah? Yet we know where this man is from; but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” Then Jesus cried out as he was teaching in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” Then they tried to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Even when all the signs are there
when the odds stack up
when the ducks are all in a row
God’s timing is not our timing
When we’ve worked toward a resolution
when the arc of the universe
appears to curve toward justice
when forces conspire together
God’s timing is not our timing
When we get to the end of our tether
and know something has to give
When we find ourselves crying
“How long O Lord?”
God’s timing is not our timing
Attuning to the rhythm of God
demands that we learn
to sit with impatience
to embrace frustration
to befriend
all that we do not yet understand
in the knowledge
that God’s timing is not our timing
yet our belovedness ensures
that God’s timing is perfect.
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