Can I see everything in its time?

It is all good. God has His plan. He is going to do it. I need to listen, talk with Him and line up with His desires. He has made everything with nothing left out at all. Everything is beautiful. It is exquisite. It is all made from the very best.

The splendor of it all is overwhelming. Woo Hoo!!!!

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11

Passionate Patience

What is it that challenges bring to me? What does all the trouble mean? I get to shout praise. I get passionate about being patient. Not just patient but passionately patient. I go after the patience in new and deep ways. There aren't enough containers to hold the patience that is mine through the HOLY Spirit.

There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit! Romans5:1-5

Wait for what the Father promised

Jesus told them they had to wait. He didn't have to. He could have given them the Spirit of God right then and there. But He wanted them to wait. And so they did. And they received the Spirit of God and the power that goes with Him.

He didn't leave them hanging though. He promised the Spirit would come soon. And He did.

We live in a world where we want everything, and I mean everything, now. We don't like to wait. Patience is not seen as a virtue.

Here is a clue. God is in control. In His government, He isn't in a hurry. Sometimes he wants us to wait. Our job is to obey.

As they met and ate meals together, he told them that they were on no account to leave Jerusalem but "must wait for what the Father promised: the promise you heard from me. John baptized in water; you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit. And soon." Acts 1:1-5

Three steps

We are always, and I mean always, in such a hurry these days. Our culture is on hyperdrive. We want it and we want it now. My dad has always said "Patience is a virture." And it is. My dad (and my heavenly Dad) are right.

What is the promise to us. Waiting patiently for the Lord means that He is more inclined to listen to us. And, He will hear our desperate cry.

So here you go. Three simple steps. He is in a good mood.

I waited patiently for the Lord;

he inclined to me

and heard my cry.

Psalms 40:1