Stay with me for a moment… because this reflection is not just about wars or prophecy. It is about something deeper: our tendency to try to help God when He does not need help from anyone.
We are living in intense times. Conflicts between nations. Tension in the Middle East. Conversations about prophecies like those in the Book of Ezekiel 38–39, where Persia — what we know today as Iran — is mentioned as rising along with other nations against Israel.
And in the middle of all this, a dangerous idea appears:
What if someone is trying to trigger events so prophecy will be fulfilled?
It sounds spiritual… but it actually reveals something very human.
Because the Bible already showed us what happens when someone tries to “help” God.
God promised Abram a son. An uncountable descendants. An eternal covenant. But time passed. The promise was not visible. Waiting was painful. So Abram and Sarai made a practical, logical, reasonable decision in human terms: to use Hagar to have the promised child.
It seemed like a solution.
But it was not God’s plan.
What was born from that decision was not just a child… it was a conflict that stretched across generations. A historical tension that is still felt today.
Abram did not want to disobey. He just wanted to accelerate what God had already promised.
And that is the lesson.
When human beings try to push what God has promised, they almost always create consequences God never asked for.
Biblical prophecies — including those in Ezekiel — do not need to be forced. In Ezekiel 38, God Himself says He will put hooks in the jaws of Gog (an ancient expression meaning complete control, like a king dragging a prisoner with a hook to show dominance). He will bring him out. He will allow the scenario. He will intervene. The center is not Israel. It is not Persia. It is not any world power. It is God showing that He is the Lord.
It is also important to clarify something many people are discussing: the idea that certain powers might be weakening Iran to “prepare” the fulfillment of prophecy. However, the text of Ezekiel does not describe a weak or diminished coalition. It describes a powerful and confident force rising against a seemingly vulnerable Israel. God does not need others to reduce the enemy before He acts. In fact, the biblical pattern shows that He allows the adversary to appear strong and His people to appear small, so that when He intervenes, the glory cannot be mixed with human explanations. When that prophecy is fulfilled, it will not be because someone prepared the ground, but because God chose to reveal His power.
There is something the Bible repeats again and again: God does not share His glory. When Israel went to war, the Lord often intervened in a way that no one could attribute victory to human strength. Just remember when He reduced Gideon’s army to only three hundred men against a massive enemy, so it would be clear that the victory would not come from military strategy but from the hand of God. It was not Israel who won; it was the Lord of Hosts. And the same principle appears in the prophecy of Ezekiel: no matter how strong the nations may be or how vulnerable Israel may seem, that battle will be won by God, so that the whole world will know that He is the Lord.
If that is true, then no one needs to provoke a war for the Bible to be fulfilled.
God is not waiting for someone to help Him accomplish His word.
He does not improvise.
He does not react.
He does not depend on human strategies.
And this does not only apply to presidents or nations. It applies to us.
How many times have we done the same thing Abram did?
God promises to restore our marriage… and we force conversations at the worst time.
God promises to open doors… and we manipulate opportunities.
God promises provision… and we make rushed decisions out of fear.
Waiting makes us uncomfortable.
Silence makes us anxious.
And we end up putting our hands where God was working quietly.
There is something deeply spiritual about learning to wait.
Waiting is not passivity.
It is mature trust.
Jesus never taught His disciples to accelerate the end times. He taught them to stay watchful. To be ready. To live faithfully while God moves history.
When exactly what Ezekiel 38–39 describes is fulfilled, it will be evident. It will be supernatural. It will be unmistakable. And it will be God who does it.
In the meantime, our calling is not to push prophecy forward. It is to live in obedience.
Let me leave you with this reflection from the heart:
Maybe the problem is not that God is late… maybe it is that we do not know how to wait.
And today, more than ever, the world needs believers who trust in God’s sovereignty more than in the speed of world events.
I invite you to join me in this prayer:
Lord, teach me to trust Your timing. Forgive me for the times I have tried to help You, when I really needed to learn how to wait. Give me peace to rest in Your sovereignty and faith to believe that Your plan does not depend on my impulses. May I never try to force what You have already promised to fulfill. Amen.
Somos Cristianos, connecting hearts with Christ.
