Throughout life we go through many waiting periods. Whether we're waiting for the bus to get to school/work, waiting for the car to warm up, waiting at the doctor’s office or waiting at a store to make a return as I am currently doing as I'm writing this devotional. I mean if I have to wait for a period of time I might as well do something productive. Bottom line we'll have many occasions where we have no choice but to wait.
Waiting is something few people are good at. Especially in the society we live in where everything is wanted fast if not instantly. We have all walks of life from all parts of the world and waiting is difficult. It tests our patience, it magnifies all things to a much higher degree. At times it can make our mood, our day, our lives extremely frustrating. But what it boils down to is perspective. If we had the perspective and understanding that our wait was going to be for 2 hours but then it turned out to be 15 minutes, well we'd be jumping for joy.
Today I challenge myself and you to take a different perspective. Have a perspective of patience and understanding that the wait is only momentary. That if we "get frustrated" and allow the frustration to ruin our day we miss out on what God has for you at that very moment. Understand that patience is something that will develop you into a much better you. God wants the best of you to come forth. Be calm. Be flexible. Be understanding. And be patient. God will show you what you're really made of. Be blessed.
Romans 5:2-4 (AMP)
2 Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith into this grace (state of God’s favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God.
3 Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.
4 And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of [a]character (approved faith and [b]tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] [c]joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation.
God Bless
Pastor Robert Paucar
