“Patience is better than strength.” –Proverbs 16:32
Human beings are naturally impatient! I know that everyone has gotten aggravated that you either had to wait an extra hour in a doctor’s office, wait in line, or even in traffic. But that kind of waiting is not the only kind of impatience that exists. You can be impatient with people or even friends when they sin or just make you mad. God tells us that no matter if we are waiting on people or even trying to be patient with our Lord that we should be patient and know that God works perfectly in timing. Because there is a reason God wants you to wait for certain things. Often when we are impatient, it can bring out the absolute worst in us. Ranting and raving and letting loose a fury of hurtful words is extremely destructive. But patience draws on the Holy Spirit’s strength and holds on to peace. There are many important examples of people in the Bible that had to be patient, pray through all the waiting and they were all blessed for it! Examples are: Job & his wife, Hannah in 1 Samuel, and Sarai in Genesis. God is abundantly patient with you, and we are told to be like our Almighty Maker! Sometimes I think, “Well, if I am patient I can’t just get these things done.” BUT actually the bible tells us…. True power often comes to us in the unique form of patience. I know that it is hard to pray and pray, wait and wait, for God to move in a person’s life, or to get you out of a bad situation. BUT God will surely move and while waiting for Him to work His miracles we have to seize every moment we have been given, and introduce others to our AMAZING Savior! God doesn’t put you in situations that you can’t ultimately get through.
So pray to God that He will take away your impatience and help you to know that He IS listening!
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