He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, when a man's trouble is heavy upon him.
I had gotten myself into a financial trouble when I didn't follow one of God's principles to not co-sign on a loan (Proverbs 6:1-2). I had made an exception in this case (Proverbs 17:18), but then later, this financial burden started to weigh heavy on me (Proverbs 11:15).
That's when I found these verses, and God told me what to do. His wisdom gave me the proper procedure to follow (Proverbs 6:3-5), and I waited on Him for His time to execute it.
My "royal command" was to pay all the bills I owe, even those that were only assigned to me secondarily (Romans 13:8). So I called the debt-holder to negotiate the liquidation of this debt. We went back and forth for several months, and I even had a lawyer friend lend his authority on my behalf.
Finally they agreed to accept my payment of a fraction of the total amount in full payment of the entire bill. I was certain to require of them the proper legal document to prove the full payment of the entire amount, so that they could never again come after either me or the primary signer for any portion of it.
This relieved both of us in this matter, and we could both rest easy now that it is fully accomplished.
God's Word is so good! He has told us how to handle every kind of thorny situation, in a right and polite and honest way.
There really is "a proper time and procedure" for everything to work out for our "delight," our good.
Thank You, Father, for giving me Your wisdom to know how to handle every kind of troublesome situation according to Your good ways. You have already seen my path, You know what mistakes I've made that result in problems, and You have taught me some of Your ways that I needed to use in this wisdom to solve these problems, in a righteous and honest and complete and final way.
Father, You are my Source of everything I need, everything I will ever need! You have given us this Earth and provided in it all we need to live and prosper here on it. You have devised all the mechanisms of how everything works together, and You have even shown us how to extract ourselves from the sticky situations we find ourselves in.
Father God, You are amazing! You are fantastic! You are monumentally Glorious! Your wisdom is clever and even humorous at times! You provide fun and laughter, even as You give us beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (Isaiah 61:3).
And You, Father, will receive all the credit, all the honor, all the glory for everything You have done. You will be praised for all Your good ways, and all the wonderful delights You lavish upon those You love, who follow Your ways!
You alone are God, our Almighty King and Potentate; our Maker and Creator; and Every creature which is in Heaven, and on the Earth, and such as are in the Sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power, be unto Him that sits upon the Throne, the Lamb, forever and ever! (Revelation 5:13). Amen and amen!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
