At Just the Right Time

Day 200: Romans 5:6-21

“When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.” - Romans‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Isn't it annoying when someone is consistently late? If this happens over and over, our trust in that person drops significantly. Is this how you sometimes feel about God? Perhaps He hasn't come through when you wanted Him to. Our reading for today is yet another reminder that His timing isn't flawed; He's seeing the entire picture.

Timing has always been something that has baffled humans from the very beginning. In our pride, we would like to think we have complete control over time—a little allocating here and a little manipulating there. Yet the overarching timeline is square in the control of our Almighty God.

As Daniel said in 2:21 of his Old Testament book, “He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others.”

Jesus’ coming wasn’t early, and it wasn’t late. It was right on time — and funny enough, Jesus’ birth is how we even measure time today.

It was no mistake that Jesus was born and died during Roman rule. The Pax Romana (27 BC to AD 187) gave Jews the freedom to worship and maintain their culture. Roman roads were conducive to travel. Time was given for Jewish prophecy to pile up about Jesus’ coming.

God also has you in His hand today, in this time, to experience the love of Jesus.

"At the right time. That is, at the time of greatest need, when nothing but his death would help."
- Bruce, F. F. (1985). Romans (Vol. 6, p. 127)