WAIT WITH PATIENCE
Monday, December 5, 2011 12:19:40 PM
Waiting with patience is one of the most difficult things for Christians. We tend to be impatient because we feel like we don’t have much time. We feel like time is running so fast and we don’t want to waste it for nothing. We want things to be done right away. We want to get what we want immediately when we needed it. We want all our prayers and God’s promises be answered fast. What if God tell us to wait? Are we going to wait patiently or are we going to do things ahead of His plans?
Many of us cannot wait for the Lord so we tend to do things in our own way. We often think that it is okay to do our own plans and we think that God will still guide us through. But Daddy God told me that if I choose the other way besides the way that He prepared for me, He will not be there with me anymore. When He said this, I became afraid for I don’t want to be outside of God’s guidance and protection. I want Him to lead my life and this can only be done if I will fully submit myself to God.
How can we say that we are submitting ourselves to God when every time our prayers were not answered we tend to find our own solutions to our problems? How can we say that we are submitting ourselves to God when we do our own selfish plans without the Lord’s leading, and many of us still think that God will still be there to guide us.
As we can read in the Bible, God’s people patiently waited for the fulfillment of God’s promise. Abraham waited for 25 years before he had his promise son Isaac. “And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.” Hebrews 6:15 God gave Abraham the promise of having a son at the age of seventy-five. He believed God and He waited patiently. He was one hundred years old when Sarah gave birth to Isaac. But during that time period of waiting, Sarah became impatient so she made her own plan. She made her maidservant Hagar slept with Abraham and so Hagar conceived and gave birth to Ishmael. But even Abraham had his son Ishmael, He still kept His promise. Sarah, in her old age, gave birth to Isaac.
Daddy God does not delay His promises. It is us who think that it is being delayed or being late based in our standard time frame. When God makes a promise it will surely come to pass. But it is not always at the time that we wanted. It must be according to His appointed time. There is a time for everything. And all we need to learn is to wait for His perfect time. Our God is a patient God. He is long suffering. He owns all time.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:8)
We must all learn to wait with patience. Sometimes, Daddy God is testing us through time to see if we will patiently endure trials and graciously handle the blessings that He has given us. Sometimes, Daddy God is testing us through time to see if we will continually seek His face and obey Him despite difficult circumstances. And sometimes, Daddy God is testing us through time to see if your faith in Him will never fade away no matter how long is the fulfillment of His promise.
“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.” James 5:7
“Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.” Jude 1:21
May we all wait with patience to God, allowing Him to lead our life according to His plans.
ALL GLORY TO GOD!

























