The Lord has required me to be patient in a lot of ways lately, both in my professional and personal life. He seems to be presenting to me one recurring theme: PATIENCE. I must confess this is honestly not my favorite topic as it is probably my biggest area of weakness. In fact, I must completely confess to you that I hate being patient in many things. I thought I would share just a little bit about what He has been telling me, through His Word and Biblical authors. It was quite convicting, to me at least. Please enjoy. It is a lack of trust to be impatient with God. (Ouch! Forgive me, Lord). https://bible.org/seriespage/4-patience-galatians-522 Andrew Murray wrote the following: It is in waiting upon God that our eyes are opened to believe in His wise and sovereign will, and to see that the sooner and the more completely we yield absolutely to it, the more surely His blessing can come to us... And the resting in Him is nothing but being silent unto Him, still before Him... Having our thoughts and wishes, our fears and hopes, hushed into calm and quiet in that great peace of God which passeth all understanding... The rest, the silence, the stillness, and the patient waiting, all find their strength and joy in God Himself...as the husbandman [meaning=farmer] has long patience till the fruit be ripe, so God bows Himself to our slowness and bears long with us... “I the Lord will hasten it in its time.” Isa 60:22... “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him... Yes, for HIM. Seek not only the help, the gift, thou needest seek: HIMSELF; wait for HIM. Give God His glory by resting in Him, by trusting him fully, by waiting patiently for Him. This patience honours Him greatly; it leaves Him, as God on the throne, to do His work; it yields self wholly into His hands. It lets God be God...If thy waiting be for some special request, wait patiently. If thy waiting be more the exercise of the spiritual life seeking to know and have more of God, wait patiently...Whether it be in the shorter specific periods of waiting, or as the continuous habit of the souls. Rest in the Lord, be still before the Lord, and wait patiently. “They that wait on the Lord shall inherit the land.” “My soul, wait thou only upon God!” -Andrew Murray, Waiting on God
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:21:13 +0000
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