Scramble, according to Merriam-Webster, means either to move urgently (in a panicked state) or to struggle eagerly (and often unceremoniously) to reach a desired end.
We often think of people clumsily climbing over tumbled rocks or stones, at times slipping, and sometimes sliding back a step for every two completed.
How far behind do we have to be to scramble for last place?
How bad is our situation if we urgently (in a panicked state!) scramble to get ahead (unceremoniously!), knowing we’ll still be trailing everyone else?
Perhaps we’re striving for the wrong thing, or, and this is the kicker, maybe it’s no more than our timing being a bit off.
Maybe it’s not the moment for us to take that promotion, buy that house, or marry that handsome prince (or princess!). Maybe that’s why we must work so hard to get what doesn’t come easily to us.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us good things will come to us when they are supposed to:
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:”
Some people might say, “This good thing can never happen, because it’s not in God’s timing.”
Rather, we should say, “This good thing will happen when God’s timing is right.”
Otherwise, we’ll always be scrambling for what we desire from God, and we’ll continue to come in last place.
God’s timing is impeccable. He knows what we need when we need it. He doesn’t ignore our dreams, wishes, and prayers. He moves to bring them about when he knows we are ready.
Last place is never an option, when God is in control.
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