Patience

Jeremiah 29:11-14
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you" declares the Lord.

Patience. Who of us has patience. Some more than others, but I feel that we all lack patience. I myself lack a major amount. I have a lot of pride, and selfishness, but patience I lack. I can tell you that the level of pride and selfishness compared to patience is balancing more and more everyday, but more times than not, patience is out weighed.

The verse above asks us for patience, without coming right out and saying it. Look how he starts out, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord" It feels like a parent tell us as children that, "hey I know what I have in store for you, don't worry, I have it all set for you." My parents at one time or another, have said that in my childhood, and of course I always came back with, "well hurry up, what is it?" Patience, Patience, Patience.

As I said earlier I am learning patience. I have been delt a good lesson to be coming up. Most of you know my health situation, with my back. I have found out I will need surgery again, to get some bone fragments and scar tissue out of the way. Seems they have been the source of my ongoing pain and constant discomfort. However, the recovery time is the same as the last time. 1 whole month at home, no driving in a car to go anywhere, until I see the doctor again. Then 2 months of physical therapy, not to mention the pain management that goes along with it. Talk about a patience lesson.

I find myself deep in the lessons of the psalmist that wrote in psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." I can be still for that. I am at an age, and finally believe at a mind set that I can be still and wait on the Lord. He knows our hurts, and pains. He knows our needs and desires for that matter. He never gives us more than we can handle, so that means He knows our limits. Now to have a God that's in charge like that in tune like that. To have someone that is looking out for you like that, come on now who wouldn't want to be in His shadows of protection and guidance.

I have an opportunity to dive deeper in the word of our Lord. To explore Him on another level. My goal was to enter school and begin my education here in about two weeks, to build credits to enroll in a Seminary College. However that may still be, but God wants us to do it later. He has a plan for me to be still and wait on Him. I have talked of this in past blogs, He has a plan, we can't always know it, we can't have the inside track on everything He is doing, but when we read the verses from before, why should we worry about tomorrow. He has a plan, and it is His, He is in control. He made all that you see, and that you have. He has allowed you to draw breath in His world, and now He wants you to believe in Him and have faith that all will work out for the better good. He knows it will, He has already seen it and knows the way it will go. Now it is up to (us, you, me, I, everyone) to have faith and say, "alright Lord, I am here and I am waiting on You, may Your plan unfold as You want, and may the world see Your glory."

O how I can go on and on about our God. I look upon these words, I sit with my laptop on one leg, and my bible on the other. I see what God has done in the lives of my family and myself, and where He has us now, and I ask myself, who wouldn't believe in a God like this. I look forward to talking to anyone who's beliefs are struggling, or someone who can't grasp Gods word, and who puts their faith in something else. I am not perfect, by far, and I don't know everything, but I know that the word of God is true, there is no other truth, and as long as we hold on to that and follow that we stay in the right. When we preach the word, or talk of God, it is for His glory, and honor, and it is to further our learning as others. Jesus saves, not us, we can lead the horse to the water, but only Christ can make it drink. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Father, we seek Your glory, we seek Your wisdom, we ask for forgiveness, and for Your direction. Lord, look upon us in favor, You give us support throughout our days, we know and we don't. We see it and sometimes we take it for granted, forgive us for this offence. Father I ask for the Holy Spirit to invade my life, and guide my mindset and direction of my walk with You. I ask to be an example for Christ, for others to see what Christ does, and nothing for my glory, for it is never and should ever be about us, but only about You, about Your grace, glory, and majesty. Blessed be Your name Lord, blessed be Your glory. Lay Your mighty hands upon Your children and seal that love and grace in our hearts. Father we adore You, and pray in the name of Your son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
amen