Doesn’t mean that he’s going to show up right when you want him to. Or in precisely the way that you expect him to. Or with the answer you’re hoping to hear. Or doing the miracle you’re asking him to do.
If it feels like he’s intentionally late, that may not be far from the truth. Yet perhaps what Tolkien wrote of Gandalf is true of Jesus:
“A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.”
His timeliness (according to your assessment) does not correlate with his love for you. Part of trusting in Jesus’ love for you is also trusting in his timing. The longer I follow Jesus, the more I think that developing patient trust is at the core of what it means to be his disciple. An anxious and cynical disciple still has a long way to go.
Keep your eyes open and trust that Jesus loves you and will arrive precisely when he means to.
