But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing. —James 1:4
“Due season” is God’s season, not ours. We are in a hurry. God isn’t. He takes time to do things right. He lays a solid foundation before He attempts to build a building. We are God’s building under construction. He is the Master Builder, and He knows what He is doing. We may not know what He is doing, but He does and that will have to be good enough. We may not always know, but we can be satisfied to know the One Who knows.
God’s timing seems to be His own little secret. The Bible promises us that He will never be late, but I have also discovered that He is usually not early. It seems that He takes every available opportunity to develop the fruit of patience in us.
Vine’s Dictionary of Greek words begins the definition of patience (in James 1:3) as “Patience, which grows only in trial….” Patience is a fruit of the Spirit that grows under trial. My won particular natural temperament is filled with impatience. I have become much more patient over the years, but all the waiting required to teach me patience was hard on me. I wanted everything now!
Patience is vital to the development of our full potential. Actually, our potential is only developed as our patience is developed. It is God’s way—there is no other. So why not settle down and enjoy the journey?
In His Service,
Pastor Curtis & Migdalia Terry