Letting God Take His Time

Fr. Mike reflects on why God often takes his time when working in our lives. Sometimes God has to go back to the foundation of a problem to answer our prayers. This takes time, but every moment is worth it because it’s time spent with him.
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[@BiancaH716]

“This looks like it pertains to me” - me to every Father Mike video 😂

[@Realidyne]

It's uncanny, right?

[@jizzrag5411]

It's even more unexplainable when it's a 4 years old video that is in my suggestion when literally all I prayed for/thought about today was "How can I endure the 'now' even with hope for the future ?"

[@mariaramos7903]

Meeeee!!! 😂

[@Ritabug34]

❤

[@cristianolangston7326]

i know im randomly asking but does anybody know of a method to log back into an Instagram account? I was dumb lost the password. I appreciate any help you can give me

[@shecter68]

Listening to his videos has restored my faith. I was raised as a Protestant but after education, this makes more sense to me. I plan to convert to Catholicism. I have been single all my life. Lots of girlfriends but not the one that is right. This has given me new hope since I want a loving long lasting marriage and not one that ends in divorce. Thank You Father.

[@josephl7959]

Mister Freeze I was in the same position as you in regards to women. I waited 34 years, but happily I married my wife earlier this year and I wouldn’t change any of it. God be with you in your journey. I will pray for you.

[@littlebear7440]

Joseph L; Mister Freeze. I'm a woman.. and same thing happens to me.. Could you pray for me as well?..

[@christinmiller576]

And for those marriages in trouble...Retrouvaille!

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Authentic Love...yup. It may be to ask God, "in the moment" a sign of your "help-mate". It may be a companion you befriend first, who you can share faith matters with first...

[@avecrux333]

Many who have married unwisely just wanted to "get it done" without "getting it done right" .... Marrying unwisely guarantees a lifetime of misery. Marriage is a vocation from God specifically destined for your spiritual and moral wellbeing; and He has likewise already chosen your spouse if that is your vocation. Ask Him...

[@projectdrhati]

I wish i met u so much more earlier Fr. Mike. Yet I thankful for now

[@UnratedAwesomeness]

Wow father. This video made me realize a lot. God doesn't just want our actions, he wants us. He doesn't cure us of our vices because he doesn't just want a person who does the right things, he wants a person who truly wants to be virtuous and hates evil. He wants us to not just help our neighbour, but love him. Amen father. Beautiful

[@kentyiluminada7676]

Yes!! He only does not wants us to help our neighbor and the ones in need but also love and enjoy the process of helping them not just help them because we have to and is the right thing to do but he wants us to want to do it with love, which implies that we have to live in the moment not just get it done.

[@mikee6220]

My mentor used to tell me when I was impatient: "Michael, you can't climb a mountain in a day."

[@joleneabbey2385]

I did when I was young

[@Nathan_091]

​@@joleneabbey2385depends on the type of mountain you climed my guy

[@annem2922]

“Foundation” Unless something’s built on Gods’ principles, it never lasts. “God is here with us in the Present. Working in us. “

[@McFraneth]

There's a French expression, "Aller plus vite que la musique." Or going faster than the music. You have to keep at the same tempo as life. Things unfold in their own good time. This video is perfect. I pray for patience all the time.

[@mariflores4938]

Amen to that

[@LOA-vr7bf]

Je suis d’accord

[@nikkarellosa6757]

Beautiful 😍

[@josephinerimmer6888]

I used to be so impatient, and I never let a day go by without praying to the Lord for more patience. I waited a long time, but you know, He must’ve heard me, because now I have overflowing patience and the calmness I waited almost my entire life for. But it has been SO worth while waiting for.

[@akasbaakop3md502]

Fr Mike keeps reading my mind every week. Gee thanks😂 jk. grateful for these messages

[@akasbaakop3md502]

+Bob Del Re well, we all have our rights to our opinions even when others disagree. i respect your right to your opinion. HOWEVER, you wd have to agree that imposing opinions on others isnt cool that being said, i love the Norvo Ordo.. thats how i was i brought up. that, which you fisdain is how i grew closer to God and how i came to absolutely love His Church.. especially in the moments when there are pressures to think about leaving. i dont know about you, but thats where i and a lot of people are at right now. now, one thing that you should understand is that God chooses whom HE speaks through and how. its not for us to decide, but to just believe Him alone. now i may ask, if the Norvo Ordo is that bad.. what realistically should be done for those Catholics, like myself who have mostly that. ie i live in Ghana in West Africa. never been to or seen or heard a Trad Latin Mass. what do u think we should do then? we cant all move to NorthAmerica or Rome, you know. grace and peace!

[@emmakruszka9981]

I needed this today so specifically. God is always working😭🤍

[@lizzieurb]

Wanting to "be done" is like, a basic summary of my life. Sigh----- Lord, have mercy!

[@almapimentel2283]

Same

[@Morgan313]

I didn’t know a 5 minute KZbin video could change my life, but this one did.

[@Avionne_Parris]

This is so true! I always want to be done with suffering so I can be done with it! Actually questioned my existence last night because I was tired of suffering. Fr. Mike is a God-send. Thank you for this.

[@truegirl2anna]

Cried watching this. Couldn't have heard this at another perfect time. WONDERFUL VIDEO

[@michaelomega5783]

Anna, I hope you are okay. I'm praying for you. John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Embrace it in your heart and it will set you free :)

[@karenfaivre1828]

I've cried many times listening to Father Mike, Jesus is right there next to him. In him! GOD BLESS YOU TOO!

[@HELLH0WND]

Patience is fine when you know the wheels are in motion which God has never indicated to me.

[@phdstudio102]

God help us, amen.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

"...the worth of the moment..." ***mind...blown*** 🤯

[@emmasmith2790]

I learned not to ask for patience, I end up with more opportunities to be patient.

[@akasbaakop3md502]

haha. ikr. makes me go "Maynn God how u gon do me like that" sheesh. human ideologies are indeed not Gods

[@JennTheRebel456]

Hollie Peck Yes, exactly! I've had that happen a LOT lately! I asked for God to grant me patience and He gives me multiple opportunities to display some! I ask for peace and get chaos to practice(His) peace in/through! LOL!

[@fabiola925]

Straight up facts 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marloubaguio5333]

True. Same with my pets. If i feed the last, the last has the biggest food, compare to first

[@DubiaFluctuant]

that's true XDD

[@neonlights836]

This showed up out of nowhere in my recommended. I thought God was giving this to me for the sake of a friend, but no, it spoke directly to me in a way I didn't expect. Thank you for this.

[@cactusthingwithfood48]

The vine joke made me realize how long you have been doing this lol

[@emmanguyen5233]

FOR REAL, I really went “did he just quote Vine??” 🤣

[@MatthiasPendragon]

I was listening to C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters today, and this lesson was in it, and it caught my attention. Here I hear it again. As someone struggling with what my future is supposed to hold, this was very timely. Thank you!

[@imironbatmanjaredmontaug4477]

This is in it! I have been listening to it all summer! I just realized Andy Serkis did the voice of Screwtape, Now all I picture is Supreme Leader Snoke talking to General Hux about corrupting Kylo Ren! :D God bless you Pedragon and THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FR. MIKE!!!!!

[@vblam6604]

Jeremiah 29:11

[@philomenamaleski1165]

You're so relatable! Many times when I'm doubting Catholicism and God in general, I remember you and other inspirational people who have faith. I think about C.S Lewis, JP2 and you, and I say well they were so smart how could they be wrong. So it gives me hope.

[@davidwhiteboy2053]

Take a look at G.K. Chesterton too! He was an extremely intelligent man who converted to Catholicism and was renowned for his broad and massive intellect. In fact, the famous George Bernard Shaw referred to Chesterton as a man of "colossal genius."

[@philomenamaleski1165]

Thanks I will!

[@kimfleury]

Well, C.S. Lewis wasn't exactly Catholic -- it's complicated though. Most of his friends were Catholic, and when asked why he didn't become Catholic, he said, "If you grew up in Belfast, you'd know why I won't become Catholic." He was Anglican (Church of England).

[@jesusislord9755]

KA Fleury Honestly the denomination shouldn't matter. As long as you are following the bible yourself and you have a true relationship with Jesus Christ that's all that matters. So if C.S Lewis was saved, that's the main thing.

[@sarahcrane6940]

He never judges some one's past or present he gives you hope for your future. Don't judge people too quickly 💕 unconditional love

[@Sparrowsnestflorist]

Thank you Fr. Mike for talking about this. I decided in the Fall of 2018 to become Catholic. I will start RCIA classes in Oct and won't be baptized or have communion till Easter of 2020. Finding level ground within my soul and doing it right. Amen

[@monicatricia1103]

Every single of His video always says powerful thing that restored my Faith. Thank you Father, Thank you Jesus

[@vincewyn1396]

During his solitary confinement he prayed: "I am happy here, in this cell, where white mushrooms are growing on my sleeping mat, because You are here with me, because You want me to live here with You. I have spoken much in my lifetime: now I speak no more. It's Your turn to speak to me, Jesus; I am listening to You". Ps 18:2-3a, In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice. Cardinal Francis-Xavier Thuan V Nguyen 🙏🏻4us

[@dennyj8650]

Finding God is in each moment - Priceless!

[@andraskewes5804]

Well well well if this isn’t what I needed to hear right now I don’t know what is

[@Lindasinish]

Thank you father Mike. Your message has reached me at the perfect time.❤

[@prof.burton8412]

I needed to hear that - thank you Father Mike.

[@grandjette]

Yes. Wow! The pandemic slow down is really a call to be patient, to listen, and pick-up our steps one day at a time. We're all in this together and He's (God is) walking with us.

[@orbanbalage]

Wow! God is so great!!! Praise the Lord!

[@janinesatioquia8881]

thank you Father Mike for this. I cried watching this. this is a video i definitely will be coming back to again and again

[@merlinsandra4405]

God is the Shepherd who protects us and saves from danger.... when we go astray he shall search for even one lost sheep to pull back, love, care and tend to that lamb and He rejoices when He brings back his sheep to the flock. May God bring back all his people on earth who have strayed away due to malpractices and bad habits...No one is perfect. There's always a chance to correct oneself and restart a new life to bring glory to GOD!!....

[@andrewvallot9337]

Father Mike Schmitz. Thank you. I pray for you everyday! Thank you!!

[@AscensionPresents]

Andrew, please don't stop! Thank you!!!

[@AscensionPresents]

Praying for you and your intention as well!

[@artesiningart4961]

When I am getting impatient, I used to remind myself, "A castle needs more time and patience to build but is strong against storms once built, but a hut is easy to build but also is easily to be destroyed. So, be patient in building the castle of your life, for all the things you do and long moments of waiting and need of patience are for that castle."

[@den.utarbaev]

Thank you for wisdom, holy Father.

[@angelabrosius2559]

I live in the now. My husband ALWAYS lives in the future! Great message.

[@JavierGarcia-jg5xp]

Very wise words! Thank you, Father Mike.

[@tylerdickieson9361]

Thank you Father!!! Since ive found God ive just wanted to be holy and full of virtue but what i didnt realize is God wants to be with us during the moment to make us holy. He doesnt just want the end product, he wants the process. God bless!

[@jdog667]

Longer is faster ,Amen !

[@bonniewadsworth2021]

Thank you for this video. With all respect.... You are a very beautiful person, Father Mike.

[@susancinek5803]

Profound simple truth! Yes, the worth of the moment.

[@katrinamclaughlin9322]

He does a good job covering significant topics! Thank you, Fr. Mike

[@therumblelegend5569]

Thank you Father Mike god bless you

[@SomewhereInIndiana1816]

Great reminder, Father!

[@ThatGirlMoi]

He wants it to be done and done RIGHT!

[@lauradahlus]

Thanks Father Mike! God bless you. 🙃

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

God, one day at a time. I like it! 🙏

[@vera7861]

That's me, I just want the shed done. Thank you for the message. God bless.

[@omarrodriguez-pm1uz]

Father Mike tell me everything about God I want to know him I want to trust him Don't Leave no details about God thank you for this video it helped me to understand God

[@combatboots3517]

Literally Psalm 127:1 Probably my favourite verse in the bible.

[@Gleek1196]

I need this video right now! Thank you Fr Mike!!

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

This showed up in my recommended videos exactly when my husband and I needed it. Yeah, that was definitely the algorithm that did that and not something or someone else at work. Yeah. Totally.

[@michellemunoz2047]

I had to hear this several times. Thank you Priest Mike.

[@Edgar-ft6oy]

Wow. Beautiful. Thank you Father Mike

[@TheFunfolks]

Take time to enjoy the process !

[@alexmendoza8153]

😥🙏🏼🙇🏻‍♂️ This is exactly what I need to hear in the very moment! Praise God and may he continue to bless your heart Fr. Mike.

[@wynettebain3592]

All you have is now. Now is all you will ever have. So be happy now and you will be happy for the rest of your life.

[@candidapereira7737]

So well said thanks father Mike for god’s word let’s live in the present with god.

[@Rwgal02]

I like listening to you father. Olga from Belgium

[@johnlargan6045]

I needed to hear this today. Thank you, Father Mike! God bless you.

[@jjsmama401]

I wish I had watched this video about 30 years ago!

[@vladlucius6928]

Thank you father ❤️❤️❤️

[@ThatGirlMoi]

He wants it to be done and done RIGHT! 4:45 He doesn’t just want the final results, He wants us! And the only chance that He gets to have us is in the present

[@kentyiluminada7676]

This video came at the right moment! In this moment, the only moment there will always be, where I also need to be , present, because here alive in this moment is the only place we’ll find You , if you resurrected and you live then you’re here RIGHT NOW! Not in our minds in our worries , anxieties, fears and depression but here in this moment with every single breath we take, please Holy Spirit teach me each day how to live always in the present moment, where you are.

[@lougf3812]

Years ago a good friend gave me a wall plaque that said: Grant me patience, Lord...and please hurry! She knew me well. It has been 30 years and still I have so far to go in this. Thankfully God is so very patient and has never given up on me....I am more present today than I was then, but the quote still fits. Your love is ever faithful, Lord...thank you!

[@Myjobarc1]

God help me make a full recovery from all of my addictions.

[@itazenin]

Thank you Father Mike, very insightful. Pls pray for me and my past, present and future works. May Godbless all of your work and may you continue to be a blessing to everyone!

[@kimberlyng2199]

Wow!!! This is beautiful . God bless you

[@olgaclawson3437]

Best video Fr. Mike has made.

[@chookvalve]

A protestant from Australia thanks you 😃

[@camilled.8852]

I needed this today. Thank you!

[@rosieroberts6738]

You always have such enthusiasm!!! I LOVE that positivity and energy.✝️🙏😊👍

[@codyherndon2097]

Father thank you for your ministry and you are in my prayers.

[@SE-cm3rh]

So profound in its simplicity!!!

[@rosemarykirby7489]

I remember being in the hospital for tests. And the technician working on my tests was fussy. And he said, I want to do a proper job!

[@winaaugustine6936]

Thankyou Father Mike need this. Praise the Lord.

[@kimfleury]

So as soon as the video began to play, a POWER boat motored up. (I live on the St. Clair River). We're not talking a regular putt putt motor boat. No. We're talking the massive POWER boats that compete in races. They're LOUD. And it stopped at my apartment and is just sitting there rumbling. So I'm waiting. Because the noise drowns out videos. So I have to wait for it to leave before I can hear Fr. Mike talk about Letting God Take His Time. Proof that God does have a quirky sense of humor. Update edit: OK, I've listened to it now. It makes total sense now. It's like God is dressing small wiggly children. That part about being in the moment though -- beautiful. It reminds me of a line from a homily our previous parish pastor gave -- I even made a meme of it: "The presence of God is sacred. God is in this moment. This moment is sacred."

[@zacharybergey1173]

God knows us better than we know ourselves and he knows we just can't flip a switch and be perfect, that's why Jesus decided to save us. Be patient and excersizes faith in Christ along with obedience

[@nancygee3137]

Sure God take your time in. helping me. I amar only losing my mind and getting sicker and sicker every year.

[@markpaul2114]

Fr. Mike, thanks for another awesome video! Please do one on "Why believe?" or "How do I know God exists?" God bless you and Ascension Press.

[@AscensionPresents]

Thanks for the suggestion, Mark! Adding it to our #askfrmike suggestions. God bless you and thank you very much for the kind words.

[@mssixty3426]

Fr. Mike clarifies and simplifies a subject that I've been over-thinking.

[@amig9318]

Thank you for this Father. Happy Easter

[@12breacher82]

4 years ago this was posted, and it speaks absolute truth for me today as I am going through the spiritual battle of my life (nothing to do with the pandemic).

[@mickeynixon530]

"The work of the moment" "The worth of the moment" #Gold

[@mytruepower2]

God is utterly timeless. He doesn't "take time" in the sense you're thinking. What he *does* do is make use of *our* time, if we let him. If we *do* let God make use of our time, we will be paid back with eternity (significantly longer than the time we gave up.) However, it does mean that we need to endure a time of continual not-relief for longer. We can only have hope, and find strength to press on, if we believe that God will make that worth our while; our time.

[@christianmejia4839]

Thank you father Mike. This video appeared on my suggestions for today and I think it was a sign of God. I’m currently going through a rough patch in my life and have been thinking “ I want this to be done!” But your message made me think differently and fell God connected with me through this video. Thank you!

[@livingonaprayer959]

thank you, Father! I need to hear this over and over and over again.

[@judithangelaespiritualpay1717]

Started watching your videos since this morning non-stop and almost skipped lunch, except for some crackers. So inspiring! GOD using you fr mike in mighty ways aa His instrument to allow us to experience more His presence and truth in our lives. Maraming salamat po! 🤗

[@oneman4412]

I like that Fr. Mike doesn’t constantly ask us to like or subscribe. I nearly always like his videos anyway, but I don’t like how some posters constantly ask for this.

[@bobbidipasquale9043]

Father Mike, this video popped up at just the right time for me. I am so glad I found you and your messages of faith, hope, and love. Peace. Bobbi

[@ashishthekkedom2947]

When you miss the work of the moment, you often times miss the WORTH of the moment. Thank you Father Mike for giving this message.

[@powerliftingcentaur]

This is wonderful. I am reminded of a quote from the journalist Janet Flanner: “Genius is immediate. Talent takes time.” Few of us have a genius for Life, but striving, and with grace from on high, we can develop a talent for it.

[@holyspiritpresents]

“God is not in the past or the future” Love that. We can only be with God now! Amazing. Just those simples words can help us to realize. God will take whatever we have to give Him too and He is so patient. What an amazing God.

[@laurencel.dumling3416]

Thank you Father Mike for this video. I do believe that God's timing is always the perfect one. Though this message was in 2016, it is this year 2021 that I get to hear this. At the precise moment when I was about to jump into "just-get-it-done" hustling. I have been in questions on my research project and a surprise even to me that, what I initial thought was the topic to do, is not what I now come upon. Yes, there is a need of a time to make a decision for work to be done and then to be done right. The challenge is when to make the decision to start in the doing. In my case, is whether this is the topic of need and urgency not just to my own intention, but for a greater good. This reminded me as well of what Jesus said before He gave up His last breath, "It is done." As Father mentioned, it is not just a job "done", but it is done "right". The "right" part is a challenge because again, the unbeknowing of what God's plan or will is. And oftentimes, the "right" way entails suffering, persecution, hardship. However, this too God has given us the free will. A free will guided by the grace of His Spirit. How would I know? I'd know. Because the Spirit says so. Thank you Father Mike for this enlightening message.

[@c.g.jonesze9089]

Thank you, for this video. God bless you :) you have to know, thats Fr. Mike Schmitz and Ascension presents is a big Point for my Motivation in Live and Faith is. Again a big Thank you and happy greetings from #Germany

[@lilopink7227]

I think i will be watching one video of yours at least once daily in order to maintain faith and hope .. thanks fr mike although i’m not christian but your videos indicate that you truly understand god ,, thanks for sharing knowledge wisdom and love with us

[@MelanieBijoux]

Ok this randomly popped up in my feed and I said to myself “ok let’s see what Father Mike has to say” (and I’m yet to figure out how I knew your name was Father Mike before even clicking) but I tell you.... tears immediately welled up and started to flow as you started speaking. This was definitely a Word... well delivered and definitely received! Thank you for not only accepting your calling from God but also remaining committed to the commission.

[@mikebuckley46]

Good definitely got to take his time with me Cause I’m just laying on the lounge today