God’s Timing – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Slacklining

Faith, God's Timing, Support, Waiting, Waiting on God

A popular park or backyard activity is slacklining. A slackline is a three-inch-wide tightrope made from seatbelt material and stretched between two trees in…

Biscotti

God's Plan, God's Timing, Life, Perfect Timing, Trusting God

Biscotti, an Italian cookie frequently enjoyed by plunging it into hot coffee or tea, is harder to make than one might think. It requires…

Launch Sequence

God's Plan, God's Timing, Order, Plans

Pilots’ launch sequences are precise, standardized, predictable, and designed so nothing is forgotten or overlooked. This article provides an excellent example of what pilots…

At Dawn

God's Timing, Help, Hope, Rescue, Trusting God

In the second movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers (directed by Peter Jackson [New Line Cinema, 2002]), the people of Rohan…

God Provides

Encouragement, God's Timing, Need, Providence, Provision, Trusting God

God is gracious to provide what we need most. Gloria Furman speaks of a time when she and her family had traveled to the…

I’ll Do It Myself!

God's Plan, God's Timing, God's Will, Obedience, Trusting God

Like Thanos putting on the infinity gauntlet and saying, “Fine. I’ll do it myself” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_hw963AG4), we like to take the reins and make our…

Timing Is Everything

Benefit, David Shannon Wooten, Ferrari, God's Timing, Perfect Timing, Preparation, Time, Timing, Timing is Everything, Waiting, Waiting on God, Work of God

Everything is about timing. While some keep going and try to make the most of a situation as they go, others will wait until…

Big Shoes To Fill

Authority, Big Shoes To Fill, Cloak, Death, Double Portion, Elijah, Elisha, God's Promises, God's Timing, J. Vernon Mcgee, Leader, Leadership, Leading, Loss, Mentor, Prophet, Prophets, Transfer

The transfer of leadership does not always happen as we plan or would prefer. But we must be prepared to take up the mantle,…

Divine Interruptions

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 John 4:19-21, 1 Peter 4:10, Divine Interruptions, God's Plan, God's Timing, Interruptions, John 13:34, John 15:12, Matthew 20:28, Neighbors, Others, People, Philippians 2:3-4, Priorities, Romans 12:10, Time

To love and serve others you have to be willing to be interrupted. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “We must be ready to allow ourselves to…

In The Nick Of Time

Fathers, God Our Father, God the Father, God's Care, God's Timing, Good Father, Perfect Timing, Timing

There are plenty of us who are surprised by God’s timing. In most cases, if we’re honest, we don’t like it. We tend to…

Waiting On God

Challenges, God's Timing, Growth, Hope, James 5:11, Micah 7:7, Overcoming, Proverb 3:5-6, Romans 12:12, Romans 5:3-4, Romans 8:25, Romans 8:28, Spiritual Growth, Testimony, Trials, Waiting, Waiting on God, Waiting on the Lord

Waiting is part of our ongoing walk with Jesus. We aren’t comfortable with waiting, because we feel like it’s pointless—or worse, that we are…

Restless In Waiting

Anchor, Colossians 1:11, Disappointment, Galatians 6:9, God's Character, God's Goodness, God's Promises, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Hope, Impatience, Isaiah 40:31, James 5:11, Lamentations 3:25, Micah 7:7, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 27:13-14, Psalm 33:20-22, Psalm 35:4-5, Restlessness, Romans 8:25, Timing, Trusting God, Waiting, Waiting on God, Waiting on the Lord

There’s a certain restlessness that comes in those times we find ourselves waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled. In the article, “Hope For…

What If?

Change, Decisions, Ephesians 1:11, God's Plan, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Jeremiah 29:11, Life, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, Psalm 115:3, Psalm 135:6, Romans 11:35-36, Romans 8:28, Timing

In this clip from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (https://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/one-thing), Benjamin recounts a series of events that could have changed with just one decision. The scenario…

Right On Time

2 Peter 3:8, Confidence, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Galatians 6:9, God's Omnipresence, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Habakkuk 2:3, Isaiah 40:31, Jeremiah 29:11, Micah 7:7, Psalm 27:14, Psalm 90:4, Time, Timing, Trust, Waiting

If you’ve ever taken a trip out of the country, you’ve noticed that the time changes as you travel across different borders and countries….