"There is a time to every purpose under heaven" (Ecc 3:1). Seasons change and time marches on, however, time does not simply march on until, "PRESTO", an event occurs. Events and fulfillment of seasons generally take effort. As an example, weddings have a specific date on which they occur, but the preparation leading up to that event requires planning and finances to support it (in a typical American wedding).
If we spend our lives waiting for events or fulfillment of promises, we miss the purpose of waiting. Yes, there are periods where we need to be still, but there are also periods where we need to plow and work and grow before we reap the fulfillment of the promise in its season. These are times where God is preparing us to handle the promise once it manifests.
Additionally, looking only to an end result is like missing the joy of the journey and this can cause us to take the wrong road to get to a result. God is interested in perfecting and purifying us in the journey, but keeping our eyes focused only on the end result can leave a trail of destruction as we step over, or on top of, everything in our way to get to that end result.
God's purposes in bringing His promise include learning to be patient and do things His way, especially as it relates to the lives of other people who we meet on the road to fulfillment.
Time is a seed which we plant. That seed dies to itself and is given over to God so that each day and week and month are allowed the proper actions and heart attitude to bring about God's fulfilled promise in His way. There is a season to work, a season to wait, a season to reap, a season to give....but cooperation with God is a necessity for the proper fulfillment of each season.
Gal 6:9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.
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