Situations where only patience works are a challenge to our
fast performing life-style. When we would like to fast
forward
our lives, some things just refuse to move on.
Patience is strongly connected with obedience.
Obedience is not a natural response to us. It must be
learned.
And you cannot learn it fast.
And you cannot learn it fast.
We need patience to do the will of God. Hebrews 10:36
The Bible is full of examples of God training people for a
long
time for a specific task, Moses, Joseph, Abraham, Esther,
Paul.
Jesus is said to have learned obedience,
by the things that he suffered.
It wasn’t a big Rambo mission for him.
It was a slow, invisible but powerful work that took place
on
this planet, when most of the people were just eating
and drinking and worrying about their appearances.
A photograph must be placed in the dark while it is made into a beautiful picture. God places us into His "darkroom," the secret place of the Most High, while He waits to be gracious to us, perfecting us into His image.
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