BE PATIENT!

You tell us to be patient Lord and wait for You to act.

To not be in a hurry and nothing will be lacked.

And Lord, we all acknowledge, the things You say are true.

And everything You say is what You’re wanting us to do.

But all of us are living in a universe of time.

We are not immortal in Your Spirit paradigm.

We do not live forever; our time on earth is brief.

We flourish for a moment and then vanish like a leaf.

There is no other method. Imperfect men must die.

We’ve earned sin’s dreadful wages; they will not pass us by.

Perhaps it was our ancestors who turned to sin and fell.

But we are still imprisoned in Satan’s “living Hell”.

So when You say “Be patient”, we do not understand,

The timing of Your prophesies; or what it is You’ve planned.

You tell us in the Bible, that You are coming soon.

But from our time perspective, that’s like walking on the moon.

You say in Your economy one day’s a thousand years.

So we don’t understand it. It’s not what it appears!

Yet Lord we’ve seen Your mercy. We’ve seen in every way,

The things you do for people, who have taken time to pray.

They are not disappointed. A perfect interlude,

Takes place before it happens and it can be construed.

And so we take the option that leads us to success.

We put aside all judgement and ask You Lord, to bless

The people who are threatening to take us into Court.

They don’t know what they’re doing and so they all resort,

To seek what they are after, by fair means or by foul.

They think we will surrender or just throw in the towel.

So Master in obedience, we’ll stand aside and wait.

The enemy will panic in a most confusing state.

They’ll fight with one another and slaughter all our foes.

We’ll only need to stand and watch just how the battle goes.

This is the fruit of patience. In spite of all our fears,

The Lord will be victorious and wash away our tears.

If we will wait for Him and let patience have it’s way,

We’ll see a mighty miracle arrive from God today.

The outcome is as certain as the autumn and spring rain.

The only thing in question, “When will You come again?”

Jim Strickland – Written 30^th October 2011