Ecclesiastes 3:11 (ESV)
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he
has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has
done from the beginning to the end.
I am waiting impatiently to get this surgery over with
and want Wednesday to get here in a hurry.
I came across some good advice from the 19th-century preacher A.B.
Simpson:
"Beloved, have you ever thought that someday you
will not have anything to try you, or anyone to vex you again? There will be no
opportunity in heaven to learn or to show the spirit of patience, forbearance,
and longsuffering. If you are to practice these things, it must be now."
Yes, each day affords countless opportunities to learn patience. Let's not
waste them.
Commenting on our need for this virtue, M.H. Lount has said,
"God's best gifts come slowly. We could not use them if they did not. Many
a man, called of God to...a work in which he is pouring out his life, is
convinced that the Lord means to bring his efforts to a successful conclusion.
Nevertheless, even such a confident worker grows discouraged at times and
worries because results do not come as rapidly as he would desire. But growth
and strength in waiting are results often greater than the end so impatiently
longed for. Paul had time to realize this as he lay in prison. Moses must have
asked, 'Why?' many times during the delays in Midian and in the wilderness.
Jesus Himself experienced the discipline of delay in His silent years before
His great public ministry began."
God wants us to see results as we work for Him, but His
first concern is our growth. That's why He often withholds success until we
have learned patience. The Lord teaches us this needed lesson through the
blessed discipline of delay.
Let us all wait upon the Lord knowing that His timing is
perfect.
Dear Lord, we pray that we would be patient as we wait
upon His timing. Help us to be disciplined in what we do. In the Name of Jesus,
Amen.
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