"My parents missed God's timing - they should have had children when they were younger."
How it sounds in your head: They focused on careers or waited for financial stability and now it's harder. Maybe they missed God's window of blessing. If only they'd prioritized differently earlier, this wouldn't be an issue now.
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you."
-- Joel 2:25Enemy using hindsight to create false guilt, suggesting God's blessing operates on narrow windows that close permanently.
Society constantly messages that fertility peaks young, so waiting seems like a mistake. He may have heard his parents express regret about timing, which sounds like they missed something irretrievable.
Elizabeth was barren her ENTIRE life, 'well advanced in years' when Gabriel appeared. She conceived John the Baptist in OLD AGE - God's timing didn't match human expectations but was PERFECT.
I REFUSE the lie that my parents missed God's timing! IT IS WRITTEN in Joel 2:25 that God RESTORES the years the locust has eaten - which means past decisions don't disqualify future blessings. Elizabeth was 'well advanced in years' (Luke 1:7) when she conceived John - God's timing was LATE by human standards but PERFECT for His purposes. The BARAK blessing doesn't expire based on human timelines - Abraham got Isaac at 100, Moses led Israel at 80! IT IS WRITTEN in Philippians 1:6 that God COMPLETES what He begins - He's not frustrated by their earlier choices, He's FINISHING His good work now. There is NO 'too late' with the God who raises the dead!
The Father isn't disappointed in their timing - He's running toward them with the SAME blessing He gave Elizabeth in old age, celebrating what's coming without one word about what's past. The robe and ring don't come with footnotes about earlier would've been better.