What can we learn about God's timing from Judges 3:25? Setting the scene Ehud has just assassinated King Eglon of Moab and slipped out, bolting the doors of the rooftop room behind him. The unsuspecting servants now stand outside those locked doors. Judges 3:25 “They waited until they were embarrassed, but still he did not open the doors of the upper room. So they took a key and opened them—and there was their lord, fallen to the floor, dead!” Observations on timing in the verse • The servants “waited until they were embarrassed”—a measurable, awkward span of time. • Ehud needed exactly that delay to reach a safe distance and rally Israel (3:26–27). • The moment the doors finally open aligns perfectly with God’s plan: Eglon lies dead, the Moabite court is in shock, and Israel’s deliverer is now beyond reach. • No human intuition controlled the clock; God quietly orchestrated every minute. Big truths about God’s timing • God’s timetable often hinges on moments of apparent inaction. – Habakkuk 2:3: “Though it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.” • Delay to us can be deliverance for God’s people. – Psalm 31:15: “My times are in Your hands.” • God uses ordinary circumstances—locked doors, social etiquette, embarrassment—to execute extraordinary plans. • The wicked cannot expedite or stall God’s clock. Eglon could neither foresee nor escape the precise instant appointed for his judgment. • God provides a window for His servant’s obedience, then seals it with timing only He controls. – Galatians 4:4: “When the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son…”—a pattern echoed in every biblical deliverance. How this shapes our waiting today • Expect divine purpose in life’s unexplained pauses. • Measure time by faith, not by frustration (2 Peter 3:8–9). • Trust that God is arranging both your safety and the success of His mission, even when doors stay shut longer than seems reasonable. • Instead of forcing entry, let God decide when the doors swing open (Ecclesiastes 3:1). • Remember Ehud: obedience lived in step with God’s clock brings freedom to many and glory to God. |
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