Day 4 - Let Patience Be a Way

“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.”
2 Peter 3: 9

Meditate or Reflect
When I think of patience, inevitably, I am also thinking about time – how much time must be invested, or lost, or sacrificed, or tested. The fast pace of our world today leaves little room for patience. The world’s pace reminds me of what the poet Wordsworth said, “The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.” It is no wonder that patience is a fruit of the Spirit that challenges most of us these days. Patience is persistence, perseverance in doing well, abiding under trial, and endurance; and, God’s patience with us is often described as “long-tempered.”  Reflect on the verse from 2 Peter, and consider the grace of God’s patience toward you. In His patience, God waits for you. Take a breath, and in this moment consider the ways God has exercised His patience with you.