God's Will in God's Time

Gospel MK 3:7-12

Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples.
A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea.
Hearing what he was doing, 
a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, 
from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, 
and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.
He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, 
so that they would not crush him.
He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases
were pressing upon him to touch him.
And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him 
and shout, “You are the Son of God.”
He warned them sternly not to make him known.

This reading makes me think of a modern-day rock star who is constantly in the public eye, hounded by the paparazzi, throngs of fans camped outside their hotel room just waiting for a glimpse a glance or a wave.  Even though social media didn't exist in Jesus' time, the crowds found out about him and came out to him.  Word was getting around that the Son of God was healing people just by his touch.  It all sounds overwhelming.  And in fact Jesus told the disciples NOT to make him known.  Why is that?  Why wouldn't the Son of God want to be known?  Because it wasn't his time yet - it just wasn't the right time for him to make himself fully known.  That's the thing with God's will - God's will happens in God's time and that's hard for us.  We've been conditioned to want things when we want them and that is usually right now.  I am at my best when I surrender to God's timing.