It's all about timing with God . . . but just as importantly, it's all about placement
I was at the Grand Canyon a few weeks ago with a buddy of mine who both share a passion for photography and videography.
So needless to say we were like little kids running around dodging the crowds and looking for those perfect locations to snap some shots of the epic landscape.
The thing with photography is being at the right place at the right time.
To be honest, the camera, especially now and days, does all the work.
So I am finding the artistry is actually in the most purest form in expressing what you want to capture . . . what certain angles and lighting and parts of the moment you want to connect with a still shot of what it is to you.
You have to move with the moment to find that place frozen place in time to capture it.
I am sort of dancing with time as it rushes by and I almost have to be distanced from others reality to be the outsider looking in.
But when you've captured that perfect moment, there's such a feeling of achievement as if you've conquered time itself.
God is always outside of our time, although He can clearly see us in time.
He sees theses moments pass us by like a bird letting the wind take it to where it wants to go.
It's all about timing with God . . . but just as importantly, it's all about placement.
They work together.
We don't have to do the work of working all of that out just like I don't have to move the sun across the sky to capture a beautiful sunset. The moment does that all on its own.
It's simply up to me to be there to take the picture . . . or not.
It's like that with God. It's up to us to listen to His voice leading us and be sensitive to where He directs us through our day, even in the little things.
We never know where He is leading us but we can be sure if we stay close to Him, it will be to the right place and the right time.
Me and my buddy met an older man at the Grand Canyon who had his camera on a tripod set up right off the edge of the cliff side.
As we talked to him we found out that people stay for the sunset so it begins to actually get crowded the closer the sun comes to setting.
That man had been there for 3 hours I think just waiting with his spot secured as the sun fell slowly down the sky into the Grand Canyon like it was melting right into it.
The man smiled as he told us how crazy it is for us photographers to want so badly the perfect shot and the length it takes to get it.
"You just have to be there," he said.
"The camera does all the work. For a 60th of a second . . . you just have to be there."
Whatever God has for you and wherever He is leading you, it is to the right place at the right time.
He does this because He loves us. He takes care of arranging all of that.
We just have to be there.
