We live in the microwave culture. Forget about waiting on food to cook over long periods. We can fix it in the microwave in minutes rather than hours.
We are not patient people. We do not like to wait. We want what we want now. No, correct that. We wanted it before we actually had the thought about it. Therefore, when we want it, we get it. When we desire it, we do it.
I would probably go so far as to say, as a norm, humanity hates to wait.
Patience has been replaced with impulsiveness.
Our lack of patience leads us to all sorts of problems and disobedience. We buy what we cannot afford and run up debt that we cannot pay. We engage in the passions of our flesh outside of God's boundaries and time.
There is great danger when we run ahead of God and step outside of His boundaries. His boundaries are meant for our protection rather than the restriction of our freedom. His timing is meant to fulfill His purpose and will rather than keep what we want from us.
Saul ran ahead of God and it dearly cost him. I'll agree that Saul was in a difficult place under difficult circumstances that I would not have wanted. As his army attacked the Philistines, the Philistines did not cower. Instead, they assembled with impressive might to do battle with Israel. When Saul's army saw their situation was dire, many ran for their lives and others hid in caves, pits, among rocks, and in old wells. Even the men with Saul were shaking in fear.
Samuel had directed Saul to wait for seven days and that he would come up to Saul at Gilgal and offer the burned offering. For seven days Saul waited. I'll give him credit there. But on that seventh day he grew impatient and became impulsive. His impulse led him to disobedience. With his men in fear and many scattering and the Philistines coming to attack, Saul offered the burnt offering (which he was not to do).
Samuel arrived just as he finished (isn't that the way it usually goes). Samuel said, "You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But now your kingdom will not endure…"
He didn't wait on Samuel. More importantly, he did not wait on God. He allowed his circumstances to direct his actions rather than the words God had spoken. He trusted more in himself and his timing than he did in God's timing. Saul did not have the faith and trust to believe God and wait on Him. He lost the kingdom because of it.
Take a Daniel moment:
1. Acknowledge before God that His ways are perfect and His timing is too.
2. Celebrate that God's ways and timing are not ours.
3. Ask for God to help you to wait on Him.
4. Pray for faith to believe and trust in the will of Jesus and when and how He will bring it to pass.
5. Ask God to show you where you are running ahead of Him.
We are not patient people. We do not like to wait. We want what we want now. No, correct that. We wanted it before we actually had the thought about it. Therefore, when we want it, we get it. When we desire it, we do it.
I would probably go so far as to say, as a norm, humanity hates to wait.
Patience has been replaced with impulsiveness.
Our lack of patience leads us to all sorts of problems and disobedience. We buy what we cannot afford and run up debt that we cannot pay. We engage in the passions of our flesh outside of God's boundaries and time.
There is great danger when we run ahead of God and step outside of His boundaries. His boundaries are meant for our protection rather than the restriction of our freedom. His timing is meant to fulfill His purpose and will rather than keep what we want from us.
Saul ran ahead of God and it dearly cost him. I'll agree that Saul was in a difficult place under difficult circumstances that I would not have wanted. As his army attacked the Philistines, the Philistines did not cower. Instead, they assembled with impressive might to do battle with Israel. When Saul's army saw their situation was dire, many ran for their lives and others hid in caves, pits, among rocks, and in old wells. Even the men with Saul were shaking in fear.
Samuel had directed Saul to wait for seven days and that he would come up to Saul at Gilgal and offer the burned offering. For seven days Saul waited. I'll give him credit there. But on that seventh day he grew impatient and became impulsive. His impulse led him to disobedience. With his men in fear and many scattering and the Philistines coming to attack, Saul offered the burnt offering (which he was not to do).
Samuel arrived just as he finished (isn't that the way it usually goes). Samuel said, "You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But now your kingdom will not endure…"
He didn't wait on Samuel. More importantly, he did not wait on God. He allowed his circumstances to direct his actions rather than the words God had spoken. He trusted more in himself and his timing than he did in God's timing. Saul did not have the faith and trust to believe God and wait on Him. He lost the kingdom because of it.
Take a Daniel moment:
1. Acknowledge before God that His ways are perfect and His timing is too.
2. Celebrate that God's ways and timing are not ours.
3. Ask for God to help you to wait on Him.
4. Pray for faith to believe and trust in the will of Jesus and when and how He will bring it to pass.
5. Ask God to show you where you are running ahead of Him.
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