Patience

I am gripped this morning with thoughts running through my head. About things coming up and things presently going on and the job hunting and where the money is coming from and just a bunch of worries. Not that I'm thinking about all of them at the same time but that they are swimming around. It was hard at first to focus on reading today as the kids got up right a 6:15am as the coffee was brewing. so i took care of them and got my coffee and thought some more, checked email and got rid of some of the distractions in my mind so i could begin to focus on the scriptures.

Glad that I did that, because God showed me something special. A prelude to what I want to share today is that I am a fan of a TV show called the First 48. It is a detective show that catches homicide suspects sometimes within 48 hours after they commit the crime. As I was watching it last night something profound came to me. One thing that law enforcement individuals use in catching their suspects is PATIENCE! While they are putting things together in such a short time they still use patience in processing clues, gathering profiles, talking to individuals on the team and waiting for the potential suspect to turn him/herself in.

I have been out of work at 2pm today, one week not a long time but I see me not being Patience. God has something big planned for me and he will deliver it at the right time so that when it comes I am ready to receive it. I have work to do in the mean time, I have to gather the clues, do some investigating, talk to team members (wife and other disciples), process information as it comes in and then WAIT for Gods plan to happen. I also see that my weakness is patience, I want things to happen when I want them to and not when God wants them too. So here is what' exciting:

Matthew 21:21-22 (New International Version)
21Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

In waiting on the Lord, I have to continue to be in Prayer. The scriptures are so plan that I can overlook them often. I forget some fundamental truths about them and how encouraging they are when I read them.

~Talk to me~