I am part of the microwave generation, the generation of instant rebates and fast food. I don't like to wait. "Patient" is not a word that I normally use to describe myself, unless I'm visiting my doctor.
I like to see instant rewards to my work. When I'm eating properly and working out on a regular basis, I love to see the numbers on the scale go down, love to see some increased muscle definition. I want to see results. And if I don't, I can become discouraged pretty quickly.
When I don't see results in my Christian walk, it's easy to become discouraged as well. When I've been praying for answers and they don't seem to be coming, or when I'm serving others and no one seems to care, pride can start to take over and I focus more on myself than on what God has called me to do.
Throughout Scripture, God reminds us that our sowing will not be in vain. The problem is, we want the harvest to come on our time table. But His time is not the same as ours. In His inifinite wisdom, God withholds the harvest until what He deems to be the proper time.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. (Galatians 6:9-10, emphasis mine)
When you are tempted to give up on the good work that you've been doing, remember that the harvest IS coming. Our job is not to go out and bring the harvest in; our job is to keep sowing, to not give up, and to wait upon God's timing.
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Good thoughts...I was thinking about the Isrealites in the wilderness for FORTY YEARS just this morning.
God's time table and mine are not the same....I often want change or progress and I want it NOW!!
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