Not Be The Patient!

Impatience behind the wheel of a motor vehicle can create not only a danger for oneself, but for others as well. Someone has said, “It is better to be patient on the road than a patient in the hospital.” [source: bulletin clipping] Yes, to keep from becoming the patient it is a good idea TO BE patient! Patience or the lack thereof can have a dynamic impact on what we become. To start right helps to end right because when one gets in a hurry on the highways it increases the chances of having an accident. When in heavy or slow traffic, sometimes it is best to simply relax behind the wheel knowing that the destination will eventually be arrived at rather than saving what might amount to only a few seconds or minutes through dangerous passing.

Perhaps we could look at our spiritual life in the same way. Consider what Paul wrote to the church at Rome.
“(6) He [God] will render to each one according to his works: (7) to those who by PATIENCE IN WELL-DOING seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; (8) but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury” ( Romans 2:6-8 ESV)

What a great contrast of outcomes in approaching life! One way leads to eternal life while the other brings the wrath and fury of God. Paul associated the patience with the “WELL-DOING” or DOING GOOD. Perhaps a sign of impatience is the “self-seeking” running ahead after one’s own will rather than patiently seeking the good Will of God. Some things can’t be hurried and that includes God’s timetable. As we continue DOING GOOD we must sometimes exercise patience in waiting for the results God will ultimately bring from our labors. Also, as the work often involves the lives of others, it is necessary to be patient toward them. In God’s time He will bring the glory, the honor, and ultimately the immortality we seek in our hope of eternal life.

Such living does not come by accident, but must be approached purposefully in seeking to do the Will of God. May WE BE not the patient by being the patient people God desires us to be as we trust His Sovereign Will to be worked in and through us.

Have a great day LETTING GOD’S WILL TAKE THE WHEEL OF OUR LIFE!
Carl

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