Patience

James 1:4 This scripture is amazingly complex, surreal and so far out there that it seems unattainable at times. James 1:4 NCV “Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need.” and according to the NIV “Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

Probably one of my biggest weaknesses is my lack of patience. I want an answer now, I hate to wait when people are late…I could go on but it will just make me feel like a heel. I find it a bit interesting that I was just talking to someone today about how I feel great about the progress I am making in my walk with Father and this is the verse I read tonight. God and I definitely need to work on my patience. I love the way that the NCV puts it. I need to let my patience show perfectly. What patience? And it sure isn’t perfect! The second part says then I will be complete and will have everything I need. WOW! Imagine that, I think I’m making progress in my walk and it gets brought to my attention that if I have perfect patience I will have all I need. That’s the thing I lack the most…guess God knows how to point things out pretty directly heh? Lack of patience can bleed over into many parts of our lives. It can cause us to be judgmental of people and become critical when they don’t meet our expectations on our timeline. Not having patience in our lives can cause us to not trust God when we get the “not right now” answers to our prayers. I know that when I am impatient I find myself being very critical. This is what I would change about myself first if I could. Fortunately I have a great example; Father is so patient and loving with me. I need to learn to be a patient person. This will be hard but I am committed to the relationship that Father wants to have with me. Today I am committing to focusing more on developing patience in my life for the sake of “having everything I need”.