Bettering my Patience

Do you ever feel like your patience is being tested? Like everything you are trying to get done is taking its precious time. You just want to scream hurry up! Move faster! Why is this taking so long? You feel like you have done all that you were supposed to do and everyone else is moving slowly. Everyone has rushed you and pushed you to quickly finish, but when you do, they take their time doing their part. Lately, that is how I feel. I feel like the year so far has been just that. I rush and do my part then everyone else drags their feet to finish. I need to be patient.

I thought I was a patient person. Maybe I was just kidding myself. I feel like God is trying to teach me to be patient. To take a deep breath, sit back, relax and allow him to work.

“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Ecclesiastes 9:11”

You see, being in a hurry can cause you to error. You can make mistakes. It can cause you to force others to hurry. It can cause you to try to rush God. You won’t learn from anything if you always get it now. You won’t appreciate it. “Easy come, easy go” So……………… I need to work on myself. Work on the patients that I thought I had. I start to feel anxious if it is not happening now. And you know what? The Bible tells us in NKJV:

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;” Philippians 4:6

So how do I overcome my lack of patience? What steps am I going to take to better myself? First off, I am going to take a deep breath. Then I will talk to God about it. Then I will thank Him for his provision. And I will do this every time I feel anxious. I am going to have to remind myself of Phillippians 4:6 as well as Ecclesiastes 9:11. I am going to remind myself that God got it. He got it all in control. Things won’t happen with a snap of a finger, if it did would I appreciate it? If I had everything I wanted now, would I even enjoy it? How would I even treat people, if I always got what I wanted when I wanted it? I would just be a spoiled child with no patience, throwing tantrums. So I challenge you today to do the same. Let’s work on our patience together. Let’s take a walk with Jesus. Be blessed! I love you!

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