(October 9, 2014)
What
struck me in this chapter was the necessity of patience. I have, in my day, cried to the Lord for an
immediate answer to a desperate prayer – an answer that I thought that I needed
at that precise moment, or else all was lost. A time or two, He has even answered me
immediately. But most of the times He
answered my prayer, but did so at the time and place of His choosing rather
than mine. Those times when He did
answer me right away seem less about the answer being necessary to perform His
work, and more about communicating to me that He hears me and knows me.
There
is no substitute for patience in dealing with the Lord. Whether it is building our testimony or
changing our nature, there is nothing that will cause us to instantly become
what we want and need to become. There
is no shortcut on the strait and narrow path. I know what I want to happen in my life in so
many areas, but I am also beginning to understand that those that are even
possible to receive must be received in the Lord’s time. In the meantime, I can take comfort in the
slow but inexorable growth that I feel within my soul as I take those steps
that the Lord has asked me to take.
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