God is never slow from His standpoint, but He is from ours,
because impetuosity and doing things prematurely are universal weaknesses.
God lives and moves in eternity, and every little detail in
His working must be like Himself, and have in it the majesty and measured
movement, as well as the accuracy and promptness of infinite wisdom. We are to let
God do the swiftness and we do the slowness. The Holy Spirit tells us to “be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath,” that is, swift
to take in from God, but slow to give out the opinions, the emotions of the creature.
We miss a great many things from God by not being slow enough
with Him. Who would have God change His perfections
to accommodate our whims? Have we not
had glimpses into God’s perfections, insight into wonderful truths, quiet
unfolding of daily opportunities, gentle checks of the Holy Spirit upon our decisions
or words, sweet and secret promptings to do certain things?
There is a time for everything in the universe to get ripe—and to go slow with God is the heavenly pace
that gathers up all things at the time they are ripe.
--Lettie Cowman
What they win, who wait for God, is worth waiting for. Going slow with God is our greatest safety.
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