Learning the Rhythm of God

One of the things that needs to be understood about the God we serve is that the God we serve is a God of rhythm. He's not a God of the abstract, He's not a God of spontaneity (even though He can be), He is a God of rhythm. And if you're going to truly serve and worship God in spirit and in truth (John 4), it is important as well as imperative that we learn the rhythm of God.

If you look at how God has structured the Universe, most everything operates on rhythm. The earth revolves around the sun based upon a rhythm, 365 days per year. The four seasons of the year come and go based upon a rhythm, 3 months per year. Even our heartbeat, it is not sporadic, it beats with a rhythm. All of these things occur because God is a God of Rhythm.
This being the case, this is also how God operates in the lives of His children. Things are not happening "arbitrarily" in our lives, there's a spiritual tempo that God has set for the direction and timing of our lives. Once you identify the tempo that God has set for your life, calling and destiny, then you can begin to regulate your heart and mind to the pace that God has regulated for you through His Spirit.

The key to learning the rhythm of God is identifying the pace that He has ordained for your life. No one runs the pace of a sprinter if they're running a marathon. No one runs the pace of a long-distance runner if they're competing in the 100 yard-dash. A lot of our frustration is not so much the "timing" of God, as much as it is we're running at the wrong pace and therefore are out of the rhythm of God. Could it be that you're running too fast and God wants you to "slow it down"? Could it be that you're moving too slow and God is ready for you to "pick up the pace"?

Saints, at the end of the day, God is Sovereign. He has a "set time" and an Appointed Time for everything He's ordained in the earth. If you want to diminish your frustration and regain your peace of mind, quit trying to rush things and quit operating in slow-mode; learn the rhythm of God, let the Spirit establish your pace and you will walk in perfect peace.