Just the Right Time

Galatians 4:3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 

By nature, we are not very patient - at least when it comes to the things that matter most. Therefore, when God's timing does not fit our own, we can become frustrated - even hostile. But God does know what He is doing. He sent His Son when the fullness of time had come - at just the right time in history to make it abundantly clear that His Son would fulfill the law and us His coming to adopt others into His family. His way and His timing are the way to victorious living, to free us from our failures, and buy us back into His household.  Because of His timing the Gospel was able to spread all over the world quickly on Roman roads, be communicated clearly through the language of the empire, and help God's people make sense of the fall of the temple. Timing is everything, and God does it best.