So often in this crazy world of ours, we expect instant results. We have grown accustomed to fast food, drive thrus, instant messaging, tweeting, and digital photos {remember the days of 35mm photos? Where we had to wait until the film was developed to see if you were caught mid-blink?} Some off us, okay, I’m guilty, have the tendency to carry over that instant gratification expectation to other, more important areas of our lives.
Whether it be weight loss, financial success, overcoming addictions, climbing the corporate ladder or other… we have been programed to expect immediate — or, at the very least, quick — results. And when we don’t get them…
we grow weary. frustrated. and impatient.
At times, we might even give up if we don’t see the changes we would like to see in OUR time.
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Hebrews 6:11-12
Many of us have made prayerful resolutions for the new year, commitments to live a healthier lifestyle, exercise more, spend less, get promoted, pay off debt… I challenge you to persevere. God tells us through faith and patience…
we will inherit HIS promises!
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
So, my dear friends, persevere. Continue your hard work, it will pay off! Continue sowing those seeds and you will one day reap a harvest worth celebrating!
And as the old saying goes — good things come to those who wait.
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Exactly what I needed to hear today!! This has encouraged me as I start to feel the frustration of the “not fast enough”! Thank you so much for these words!!
Thanks Kim! Keep on planting those seeds and you WILL be blesed!