Have Patience

Oh how I struggle with patience.  I am one of those “get stuff done” people.  I don’t like to wait.  I don’t want to struggle with things.  I don’t want to sit and make a detailed plan.  I want to hit things hard and get them done now. 

I especially struggle with depending on others to do anything.  I am the type of person who would rather take care of things myself than to delegate to others and be disappointed in the result.  That goes for most everything in my life.  Work, getting tasks done around the house, etc I’d rather do them myself because I don’t have the patience to wait for anyone else. 

The unfortunate thing for me is, we are designed to work within a community of others.   We should be able to help others as well as accept help from other people in our community.  Relying on others strengthens the entire community.  It makes us  more tolerant of bad situations and times.   It allows people to specialize is a craft and be really good at something vs knowing a little about a lot.  

I tend to want to do everything myself,  even when it’s something I know very little about.   I have been learning lately in my Bible study time that God orders us to thrive in community.  He wants us to be a blessing to others.  The flip side of that is allowing ourselves to be blessed.  By refusing help from others, it is stealing other’s ability to be a blessing from them.  Who are we to do that?   Why are we above receiving help or a blessing?  We love to help others but rarely accept to be helped ourselves. 

It all boils down to being patient and waiting for God’s plan to work out in our lives.  We need to slow down and quit pushing for our own ways and allow God’s timing to come to fruition.   I get frustrated that things in my life are taking longer to come to pass than I have hoped, but it’s ok.  I know things will ultimately work out the best possible way if I am patient and quit getting in the way. 

“This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.”

1 Corinthians 1:25 NLT