James 1:4

Shakespeare said, “How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.”

“Patience is a virtue.” We were not born with that gift. It is a skill that we learn over time. The school of patience is not in the major trials and disruptions of life. We learn it in the trivial things, the everyday trials, and annoyances; and then when trouble and calamity come, we are prepared to endure the length of it.

It is the ones who wait upon the Lord who renew their strength. We can drain our strength by impatience. The attitude of, “I’m not waiting any longer, I will just take care of it myself,” is the first step on a reckless road where we are certain to fail. Patience is often our greatest witness that God is faithful and trustworthy.

God will make things right in His time, we can trust that. Until then we wait patiently on the Lord. “Be still and know that I am God.” This waiting is not sitting around and doing nothing, but faithfully doing what God has put in our hands today. The Lord is not looking to see how anxious we are for tomorrow; but how faithful we are today.

“In His time, In His Time
He makes all things beautiful in His time.
Lord, please show me every day
As You’re teaching me your way
That You do just what you say
In Your time.”

“But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:4