The Perfect Moment: Why God Is Never Late
Pastor Rasol Manouchehri Ardakani - 12 December 2025
“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.”
Welcome to Day 12.
We are now halfway through our Advent journey.
If I were to ask you to name your least favourite place, I wonder if a "waiting room" would make the list. Whether it is at the dentist, the doctor's surgery, or the departure gate at an airport, there is something uniquely draining about a waiting room. The chairs are usually uncomfortable. The magazines are three years old. The clock on the wall seems to tick slower than anywhere else on earth.
In those moments, we feel stuck. We are powerless to make things move faster. We just have to sit there until our name is called.
For many of us, life can feel like one big waiting room. We wait for the right partner. We wait for a promotion. We wait for healing. We wait for a child to come back to faith. It is easy to sit in that space and wonder if God has forgotten to check His watch.
But today’s verse from Galatians tells us something vital about God. He is the Master of perfect timing.
Paul writes that Jesus came "when the set time had fully come." Other translations say "in the fullness of time."
This means that the first Christmas wasn't a random event. God didn't just spin a wheel and decide to drop Jesus into history on a whim. He waited until the exact, precise second that He had planned from the beginning of time. He waited until the world was ready. He waited until the stage was perfectly set.
To the people living back then, it must have felt like God was dragging His feet. It had been centuries since the last prophet spoke. The Roman Empire was crushing them. Hope felt very thin. But behind the scenes, God was lining everything up for the greatest moment in history.
He wasn't late. He was right on time.
This is such a hard lesson for us to learn because we live in a rush. We want things to happen yesterday. When God hits the "pause" button, we often interpret it as a "stop" button. We assume He doesn't care, or that He has missed His window of opportunity.
But God is never in a rush, and He is never late. If you are in a waiting room today, please know that it is not an accident. God is not ignoring you. He is preparing things that you cannot see yet. He is working on the details to ensure that when the answer comes, it comes at the "set time."
So, if you are tired of waiting, take heart. The same God who orchestrated the perfect timing of the Incarnation is the same God who is writing the timeline of your life. You can trust Him with the clock.
Prayer of the Day:
Lord God, we admit that we struggle with patience. We hate waiting, and we often worry that time is running out. Thank You for reminding us today that Your timing is perfect. Thank You that Jesus came at the exact right moment. Please give us peace in our own waiting rooms today. Help us to trust that You are working, even when we cannot see the hands of the clock moving. Amen.