"Faith Produces Patience"

We live in a world where everything is faster and faster: Fast food; 3G, now 4G; broadband; worldly travel; a pill for this, and a pill for that. It seems that the faster we go, the faster we want to go, and the faster we want things done. But the things of God are not governed this way. In fact, sometimes, when we think God is going to do something right away, He slows things down that much more; to get us in a right place with Him. Now matter how fast things become in our technical lives, the sun still rises and sets at the same pace that it always has; and each day that we are given, is still the same length that is was when Jesus walked among us. If we think we can hurry God along and cause Him to bring about something in us, or for us, at the pace we want it, we really must stop and think again. Because God is more concerned about where our heart is, than where we are in ministry, employment, or any other avenue of our lives. This is why our faith produces patience; so that we will learn to rest in Him, and not in our own understanding of the way we think things ought to be. God is long suffering towards us, and He expects us to be patient towards Him; waiting upon Him, and knowing that He is in control. There may be times when we might feel that the enemy is gaining ground in whatever situation we are going through; but things are not what they appear; and God will use those situations to perfect our lives, and to bring us into a closer relationship with Him. "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." (James 1:2-4)