Why does God delay answering or intervening when we cry for help? Why didn’t He rescue Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before they were thrown into the fiery furnace? Why didn’t He deliver Daniel from being cast into the lion’s den? Instead, He delivered Daniel through the lion’s den. God doesn’t work the way we would. He doesn’t save at the last second like a great action movie. He often waits until it seems to be too late. God's ways are not our ways, but God's ways are perfect. His timing was perfect in the birth of Jesus and it is perfect in our lives as well.