James 1:3 (NKJV) 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
Patience comes by first praying, asking, having faith and learning to wait; Having faith that the answer will come when and how God wants it to.
Waiting isn’t a bad thing. It’s not terrible. It is actually good for us! Waiting teaches us patience. It builds that muscle nice and strong.
You know how it feels when you build a muscle that hasn’t been worked in a while? Oh, it can hurt sometimes!
Well, waiting can feel the same way. However, just as that muscle hurts at first, it does start to feel better after time goes by and it gets stronger.
The same goes for waiting. It will get better and a little easier as time goes by and we learn to accept that it’s good for us, and we embrace it.
If we can’t wait for some things, how will we ever receive what God has for us? Or have we made up our minds that if it doesn’t come quickly enough, or in the time frame that we give it, we simply give up and move on to something else? Or do we just step in and take care of it ourselves?
Waiting teaches us patience, and how we wait is important as well.
Do we grumble and complain while waiting? We shouldn’t, even though it may feel good at times.
Are we sad and depressed, hanging our heads feeling sorry for ourselves? That’s not going to help or get God to move any quicker. Do we feel like nothing is going to make us happy until we get what we want, so others around us have to deal with our misery and bad attitude? It won’t work! If anything, it will prolong the wait.
While waiting, we should continue to do what we know to do. Not just in a ho hum way, simply going through the motions, but in a way that we are expecting and knowing that God is moving! We put everything into what we know to keep doing while we wait for God’s answer to come to pass.
We move with enthusiasm and excitement! We do it to the best of our ability, knowing that God is faithful no matter how long it takes.
This is called persevering; Pushing through and reaching that place where we will see His hand move on our behalf. Amen.
Romans 8:25 (NKJV) 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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