Patience

Patience is a learned behaviour and one that we do not have a choice but to embrace.
Unfortunately in the world that we live in now, everyone wants instant gratification, instant answers, instant solutions. Even our foods are instantly made, instant coffee, processed ham for sandwiches, instant noodles to mention a few. The truth we all know is all these things do not taste like the real thing. They may feel the initial void but they are not long lasting. In the case of our food, the so called people that made all these instant foods are now telling us they are detrimental to our health.
This is the same with our faith and our lives. Generally instant gratification fills us temporarily but leaves a void very quickly. A friend recently told me how much one of her friend spent on her child’s party and I said I don’t see myself ever spending that much but she said the woman had waited almost 9 years to have this one child and she had the child through IVF after several attempts so maybe my attitude will be different if I were in her shoes and I had the means.
When we have had to wait for something we appreciate it more, take good care of it and are very grateful for it.
God perfects everything in our lives at the right time and he is always faithful to his word. Patience brings a lot of good results. We need to be patient and wait on God. As Christians our lives are in God’s hands and we need to let go and wait on him.

Isaiah 40: 31But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.

I also found this poem which I found interesting.

As Children bring their broken toys, with tears for us to mend
I brought my broken dreams to God because he is my father
But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone
I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own
At last I snatched them back again and cried
“How can you be so slow”
“My child” he said
“What could I do?”
“You never did let go”.

We need to be patient and watch what God is doing in our lives, we need patience to find the right direction, we need patience so we may be totally fulfilled and not temporarily filled, we need patience to enjoy the journey on the way, we need patience to fulfil God’s purpose for our lives. Isaac was patient and waited on God in Genesis 26 when there was famine and God told him to stay in the land and not move, in the same year, the bible says he reaped a hundred fold (when there was famine).

Finally in
James 1 v 2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.