It’s your time but is it your turn

So I took a trip to North Carolina a couple of months ago. And realistically, I could’ve drove but if you know me, you know I love to travel but I’m inpatient (I hate road trips)so I fly pretty much everywhere. While I was waiting to board the plane (Southwest was running late) I remember thinking, why is it taking so long? We finally got on the plane and got to the place to take off but we didn’t take off, we just kinda hovered, just barely moving. Now I was already tripping because they were already running behind so I’m getting agitated at this point. I’m about ready to stand up and figure out what’s going on when the pilot comes on and tells us that we have to let another plane, going in the same direction, take off first. While I sat there agitated (I told y’all I’m impatient) I start thinking and of course revelation came (preachers get a word out of almost anything lol). First, sometimes we have to experience a delay so that someone else can get to their destination on time. What we didn’t know was, the other plane has been delayed too and if they didn’t take off first they wouldn’t reach their destination on time. There are times that people we know (and sometimes people we don’t know) have experienced delays in reaching their destination and sometimes there arrival time is before ours. So we have to sit back and let them go first so that they reach their destination on time. We can’t be selfish and only concerned about our destinations and our timing. Secondly, the time we loose in delay, God can make up in the air. God knows how to get us where we need to be, when we need to be there. Being delayed (for whatever reason) doesn’t have to be negative. Even if the delay was our fault, there’s no condemnation. God has a plan A-Z. No worries. And thirdly, we have to learn the art of hovering. It’s easy to get caught up in that “it’s your time” or the “it’s your season”hype, but sometimes it’s your TIME but not your TURN. We could be in the plane, on the platform, ready to take off but still NEED to wait. There’s nothing wrong with waiting (I know the impatience in me just cringed too lol).! We just have to be careful not to overestimate or become comfortable in our wait! While we’re waiting, we can’t turn our engines off. We can’t loose our momentum. We have to stay ready because clearance could come at any moment. We have to keep our hands on the wheel and our foot on the gas. Because if we don’t, we’ll miss our turn trying to get ourselves started up again. So if you’re feeling delayed in something, it’s okay, just keep your engine running, keep your momentum up, because clearance IS coming. Don’t miss your TURN, because who knows when it’ll come around again.