It seems to fundamental to us, but not so much for the Lord. 1500 years before Peter told us that to God one day was like a 1,000 years, and vice-versa, the Israelites watched this truth illustrated in a remarkable way.
In one night, God made an almond stick sprout, bud, blossom, and give ripe almonds!
We often fret about how slow or how fast things are moving. In doing so, we waste the most important aspect of time for us--the right now. It is better to focus on doing moment by moment what we are supposed to do. God can put life into slow motion or have it scream past us whenever He wants. He can bring our productivity to a crawl or give us so much fruit we can't keep track of it.
Our main responsibility is to properly manage the sliver of time we have right NOW.
(Numbers 17:8 and 2 Peter 3:8)

No matter what you are facing today, or what will come to you tomorrow, the very best is still ahead -- that is, if you are a follower of Jesus. This truth is designed to help us establish a higher-than-earthly perspective on our current situation. This requires faith, the faith Habakkuk so eloquently wrote about (2:4). In one of the most fantastic chapters of the Bible, Paul makes this statement to all who are joint-heirs with Christ, "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." (Romans 8:18)

God told Habakkuk that the righteous lives by faith (2:4). Paul later said, "We walk by faith, not by sight". This does not mean that we don't open our eyes or that we ignore what we see. That would be foolish. But it does mean that our bottom line is invisible. We act, moment by moment, based on an unseen reality, like Elisha showed his servant in 2 Kings 6:8.