Ps 40:1-2: I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Living in a progressively modern thinking world has caused many to believe that everything we want is to be readily available to us. We can sit at home and shop, pay our bills, order takeout food, and even work from the luxury of our beds. This has produced a lazy—I will get it when I want it mentality in many that will prove to be fatal. Some folk have forsaken the assembling of themselves with the saints of God, for watching church on TV (Heb. 10:25)! What’s wrong with these things? Some of us believe that God should move on our behalf, as it is convenient for us. So we give God the attitude, which says, “What’s taking You so long”? But, you can’t hurry God. You just have to wait! Thank God He does not move according to our schedule.
Patience is the highest order of discipline. The Bible tells us that the one who has patience possesses his soul (Luke 21:19). Society-at-large has even spoiled Christians! Are the children of God mad with God because he does not move when we find it convenient? God forbid! If this is what the world is doing to us, then we need to go buy a farm and livestock. Hopefully, sowing and reaping will teach us to wait patiently on God. lol. Seriously though, believers, we cannot allow the ways of the world to corrupt our good manners (I Cor. 15:33). If we, like David, believe God has heard our prayer, now let us live a godly life and rejoice (Phil. 4:4) while patiently waiting for God. He will bring what we have prayed for to pass if we have the attitude of patience.