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Humans are naturally impatient; they want everything now and they are not willing to wait. The world we live in today doesn’t help, we are constantly bombarded with immediate gratification and so the concept of waiting on God doesn’t appeal to many believers. However, one of the fruits of the spirit is patience, and without it, your walk with the Lord will be very difficult because God does not work on our timing. I love the song by Juanita Bynum called “I Don’t Mind Waiting,” it is a powerful ballad where she tells God that she doesn’t mind waiting on Him to work in her life. Waiting on the Lord isn’t easy, but it is worth it, our heavenly Father knows what’s best for us, and if we wait, we will experience the fullness of His glory.

One of my favourite stories in the bible is of Joseph, recounted in Genesis chapters 37-52. He waited on God for 13 years before he saw the manifestation of the promise. Not only did he have to wait, he went through hell while he was waiting. Sold into slavery by his envious brothers and then accused of rape and sent to prison. Joseph had a tough time. However, the key to waiting is what you do during the wait, lets take a look at what Joseph did.

Obedience: Joseph was so obedient to God during his trials that Potiphar put him in charge of all the affairs of his house. He experienced the same when he went to prison, he walked so powerfully in the Spirit of the Lord that the prison guards put him in charge of the inmates. It is easy to get frustrated and turn your back on God when things don’t work out the way you had hoped. But that is the very essence of faith, the Lord will give you a word, and then everything that is taking place in your life contradicts that word that has been spoken. What do you do? In Josephs case, he refused to allow his eyes to deceive him, he knew what God had said and that is what he hoped for.

Whether you are in a good or a bad situation, you’ve got a job to do. Every child of God has been assigned a certain group of people to minister to, and you will encounter them through divine appointment. Click To Tweet

Ministry: Whether you are in a good or a bad situation, you’ve got a job to do. Every child of God has been assigned a certain group of people to minister to, and you will encounter them through divine appointment. When Joseph met the king’s butler and baker, he could have been so absorbed with his situation that he neglected the needs of others. But in him doing the work of the Lord, he ran into the person who was going to usher him into his destiny.

No Complaining: In all his troubles, not once did you hear Joseph complain about his circumstances. He knew that if the Lord had brought him to it, he was going to bring him through it. No matter how much you hate your situation, complaining is an indication that you don’t trust God. Whatever you are going through, there is a lesson to be learnt, embrace it.

May God bless the hearers and the doers of His word.

Isaiah 26:3 – “You will keep him in perfect peace. whose mind is stayed on You.”

We all struggle with worry and anxiety when we are experiencing difficulties in life. It is hard to keep fear at bay when you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness or when you have just lost your job and you’ve got a family to take care of. We read in the book of second Chronicles that when Jehoshaphat heard about the opposition coming against him (2 Chronicles 20:3), his first reaction was fear. It is normal to experience negative emotions when we get a bad report, the question is are you going to wallow in it, or are you going to rise up in faith and choose to believe God?

Jehoshaphat immediately went to the Lord in prayer (2 Chronicles 20:3), he took his eyes off the problem and focused on God. The father gave him an instruction, he implemented it and his deliverance came. As believers in Christ, when life takes a turn for the worst, our first point of contact should be Jesus. However, what many of us are guilty of is magnifying the problem by calling everyone in our phone book to tell them about what we are going through. Our nights are spent tossing and turning while we try and figure out how we are going to get out of the situation. I can testify to this, I suffer from severe anxiety, and I find it very difficult to focus on God when the winds of life are blowing in my direction. However, when I can find the strength to fix my mind on the Lord, I experience the peace that surpasses all understanding; and for me it starts with worship.

I have found that worship shifts the atmosphere, I play my favourite gospel music and there is a special anointing that flows through my home which ushers me into the presence of the Father. Praying in the Holy Ghost transports me into another realm, and it is not long before my anxiety has subsided, and my faith has overtaken my fear. But when I sit and think about the problem, that feeling just gets worse and worse, and in some cases, I end up having a full-blown panic attack.

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We pray for peace, but the reality is that we’ve got to choose peace. It is freely available to us if we take it. The scripture states, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You”. In other words, if you keep your mind fixed on Jesus, peace will rule and reign in your life.  

May God bless the hearers and the doers of His word.