Ecclesiasticus 44:1, 9-13 / Mark 11:11-26
God’s ways are not like man’s ways, and indeed, the mysterious ways of God are much higher and may even go beyond the comprehension of man.
Similarly, God’s time does not go according to man’s time.
Man’s time is chronological, and so there are schedules, time-line and deadlines.
But God’s time is in God’s appointed time, and in the mystery of God’s plan, He decides when will be the time.
In the gospel, it may sound rather surprising and even shocking that Jesus cursed the fig tree just because there was no fruit, and furthermore, it was not the season for figs.
But that serves to show that God has control over His creation, and He can over-ride the natural sequence of time to make things happen in His time.
That is why Jesus tells us to have faith in God, and to submit ourselves to God’s time and to God’s ways.
So even though we may think that the time is not right or conducive, we must pray with faith in order to understand God’s ways and God’s time.
And then we will bear fruit in God’s time for His plan and His purpose.