Modern people are impatient. We buy no-iron clothing, microwave our food, get faster computers, and take things home things on credit. Impatience drives up our blood pressure, waiting irritates us, and standing in lines makes us squirm. Shopping takes too long, so we go online where ten minutes buys it and UPS delivers it, often on the same day. (I actually like Amazon for that.)
Waiting for winter to be over is difficult, waiting in traffic, waiting for that phone call, waiting for the kids to grow up, and waiting to retire. Why diet when sugar and starch taste so good? Why exercise when we have TV and an easy chair? Why retain old ideas when new ones are so easy to imagine?
God’s Word says, “Love is patient and kind.” (1 Corinthians 13:4) And again, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” (Romans 12:12) And again, “Be patient, bearing with one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:2) “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Philippians 4:6)
People are impatient and anxious to see the whole picture. But God in His wisdom lets us see things more slowly, quietly and clearly. Jesus came to earth in His time, not ours. He forgives us when we repent and leads us when we let Him. God created the earth one day at a time, and He gives us life the same way.
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.” (Psalm 37:7)
Rev. Bob Tasler, www.bobtasler.com
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