Patiently waiting .... is that a thing?

​Some days, it is a lot harder to be patient. When we’re bringing our concerns to the Lord again and again, we grow tired of waiting. It soon begins to feel like our prayers are falling on deaf ears. Often our desire is to take control and just “do the best we can;” it is our fleshly reaction to the silence. A friend of mine said this to me “Patience and waiting on God seems to be a large struggle for me yet there are so many times in my life where I can point to his perfect timing, so it does make sense why I struggle so hard with it. He has certainly proven himself more times than needed.” So, if this is the case and we know that, why do we struggle. Well is because we are not patient, and we want things now, and when we want them because we think we know best at we have it figured out.
 
Think of this example, there is a young man who is making a grilled cheese sandwich. He gets all of the ingredients. He gets out the pan and puts it on the stove. Then he thinks, “If I turn the heat up high, it’ll be done faster.” Imagine what happens next. Most likely, he’ll have bread that looks and feels like rock and half-melted cheese.
 
His problem, as you can see, was a combination of impatience. To get it right, he would have to discover the miracle of medium heat. The medium setting on a stove is perfect for grilled cheese and many other dishes because it allows food to be cooked through without being overdone on the outside. The only downside is that it requires more time and attention, which require patience. Something this young man didn’t have, and I will not admit or deny this was me. The miracle of medium heat may give me a perfect grilled cheese sandwich, but patience will have its “perfect work” in my and your life, helping us press forward to become more like Jesus Christ.
 
We know Galatians 5 lists patience as a fruit of the Holy Spirit, so we confess our desire to rule our own lives. We ask the Spirit to fill us, empowering and directing us even as we continue to wait on the Lord.
 
Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to wait. This is especially true when were in a hurry and when we want things to happen now, if not sooner! But Gods plan does not always happen in the way we would like or at the time of our own choosing. Our task – as believing Christians who trust in a benevolent, all knowing Father – is to wait patiently for God to reveal Himself. We human beings are, by nature, impatient. We know what we want, and we know exactly when we want it: RIGHT NOW! But, God knows better. He has created a world that unfolds according to his own timetable, not ours…thank goodness. Even though it is hard to sit back and wait. Will not the lords time be better than our time?