The Unhurried One

Before time began to tick, before the first moment unfolded, there was the Word—unhurried, deliberate, and complete. Time moves for us, marking days and measuring deeds, but for the Unhurried One, every “I will” is already whole. In His presence, beginnings and endings are not separate; past, present, and future are but threads in a tapestry He alone weaves. To behold Him is to glimpse a reality where patience is not waiting, but a quiet alignment with eternity itself.

One can speak only of manifestations that are consistent with one’s nature. For God, His “I will” statements are not expressions of delayed fulfillment in the human sense. For mortals, time is a necessary medium through which events must unfold. Because of this limitation, humans can make promises only with the hope that they will be able to fulfill them—whether by gathering the resources they need, adjusting what they originally pledged, or breaking the promise altogether.

God, however, is not subject to such constraints. His nature allows Him to bring things into existence without dependence on past actions or present processes. Although God may refer to the past for our understanding—so that human beings can recognize His works within the framework of history—He Himself is not bound by time. He alone possesses both the authority to declare the future and the power to bring it to pass without relying on time to supply what is necessary.

To drive this idea home, the entire scenario surrounding Lazarus stands as a profound example of how time exists primarily for human accountability and the way we measure complexity. The sisters’ words were shaped entirely by a human concept of timeliness: “If You had been here, our brother would have lived.” Their concern was not misplaced—only limited.

They misunderstood the Lord’s identity and His freedom from the constraints of time. For One who is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega, the Resurrection and the Life, delay does not exist. His decision to tarry before coming was not negligence but revelation—a way of showing humanity that time is an earthly instrument, while the Almighty moves upon it, over it, and beyond it, unhindered by its limitations or its urgency.

The story of Lazarus thus illustrates a deeper truth: what may appear as delay or inaction from a human perspective is, in the divine perspective, a perfect orchestration. Time serves our understanding, our growth, and our accountability—but it does not govern the One who speaks and acts from eternity. God’s timing is not hurried; it is deliberate, unbound, and wholly sufficient.

In reflecting on the nature of God, we are reminded that His ways are not our ways, and His timing is not ours to measure. The Unhurried One moves in a rhythm that transcends the ticking of clocks and the pressures of deadlines. What seems delayed to human eyes is, in His wisdom, precisely on time. To trust in Him is to step into a space where patience is not mere waiting, but a sacred participation in eternity itself. In the presence of the Unhurried One, we learn that time serves us, but He is sovereign over it—perfect, deliberate, and always sufficient.