We're Being Taught Not To Wait

I'm learning this more and more with my daughter. Not because she's an impatient toddler or anything, but more because of how we live today.

She has no idea what it means to wait for a television show to be on. Or a specific episode. Everything is instant. Need food? We have so much of it. It only takes a few seconds to warm up, if you need it hot.

So now she has this mindset that we are constantly trying to help her with. Everything is the way I want it now. Again, not in a bad way, it's just the world she is being brought up in. As she has told us many times now, "It's hard to wait."

But Jesus is different.

There are hundreds of verses that follow the themes of patience, waiting, God's timing, etc. God is not about the microwave, He is all about slow roasting. Even now I'm reading a book about how Jesus shared the Gospel and although we may be fooled into thinking it was quickly to crowds Jesus more commonly shared His Gospel message slowly to individuals.

So now in our smartphone society we are trying to teach our daughter about waiting. Not just because she will need it later in life, but my bigger fear is her missing what God has for her because He doesn't move as fast as she thinks He should. As is often found in the Gospels: Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” (John 2:4b)

We need to learn to wait. It's that simple.

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