Developing your patience
God Is Developing Your Patience! [Hebrews 10:36]. Patience is not just the ability to wait; it is the ability to keep a good attitude while you are doing it. God knows the exact time for everything, and while your impatience can make you and everybody else around you miserable, it will not rush Him.
In Galatians 6:9 it says, `in due season we shall reap`. And `due season` is `God’s season`, NOT ours. Friends, we are always in a hurry, God is not. He takes the time to do things right. We may not know what He is doing but He does, and that will have to be good enough for us.
God’s timing seems to be His own business. He is never late but He is not early either. He takes every opportunity to develop in us the fruit of patience. But other fruits are being developed in us as well. There are several things that must arrive at the finish line at the same time in order for us to win the race!
Developed potential without character does not glorify God one bit. If we were to become a huge success yet have a harsh character, that would not be pleasing to God. Therefore, if we get ahead of ourselves in one area, He gently but firmly blocks our progress in that area until the other `areas` catch up. And although we don’t appreciate any of this while it’s happening, later on we realize what an awful mess we would have made - if things had been done on our time -table instead of God’s. Be blessed – learning patience is good for all of us!!