Wednesday
PRaP 12/6/06
“Ten Guidelines From GOD” Part
8 of 10
8. BE PATIENT:
I managed to fix it so in just
one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child
to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel
to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can
you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to
handle something on My to-do-list? Trust in My timing, for
My timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six
days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush.
Not only that but God also say’s “NO”
on occasion and we need to learn to accept that as well. If
you haven’t gotten a clear answer and you have been praying over something
for years there is a good possibility that “NO” was the answer.
God’s timing is perfect and there is nothing He will keep from you
that He thinks is right for you and in His plan. We
sometimes get on this wagon of thinking God is going to give up every single
thing we ask Him for but that is so not God. He gives us
the things that will glorify Him in the end. I personally
think that if it is good enough for God well then I am willing to accept it
and not only that I am willing to wait. He sends a clear
“NOT YET” and He sends the “IN MY TIME” but we are not a patient lot.
So we whine and complain and ask and ask and ask and ask ok I can go on
and on couldn’t I. If He says wait then do just that,
wait, because if he allows us to have it before it is time then it will be the
opposite of what we were hoping for. We need to get out of
our instant gratification world that we live in and accept the fact that
God’s timing is perfect. I am living breathing proof that
if you don’t wait on God it could be a mess. Ask me about
it sometime and we will have coffee, and lunch, and dinner, oh and maybe
breakfast. Yeah I am hard headed and it would take that
long to tell you everything. There are 43 places in the NIV
that have patient or patience in them.
PRaP Matthew 18:21-35
Key Verse:
Matthew
18:29
"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient
with me, and I will pay you back.'
Romans
12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
1
Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it
is not proud.
2
Corinthians 1:6
If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are
comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient
endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
2
Corinthians 6:6
in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and
in sincere love;
Galatians
5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
Ephesians
4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another
in love.
PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor,
Dad, DJ Dude
From The Desk Of:
Pastor Stephen Eldridge
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