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 30th October 2011
