“Irrespective Impatience” – Haste – Hurry
“Irrespective Impatience”
“For ye have need of patience, …” Hebrews 10:36a
How often have we jumped to a conclusion, only to regret the consequences of our impatience? Whatever benefit there may be in patience, it is very clear there is none to being impatient. Proverbs 18:13 reminds us to be careful about answering another before hearing from both sides. If you don’t, it may be a folly and shame to you. Impatience usually is improper, inexpedient, inappropriate and inadvisable.
Did you hear about that farm dog named August? One day he jumped at the conclusion of a mule, and that was the last day of August!
An impatient backseat driver is impudent and impertinent, meaning they are offensively forward in behavior, rude and presumptuous. A man’s car stalled one morning on a busy highway, and no matter what he tried, he could not get it started. Traffic was backed up and one guy in a pickup truck was just blowing his horn! The driver walked back to the fellow in the truck and said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t get my car started. If you will go up there and give it a try, I’ll stay here and blow your horn!” An impatient spirit is unsuitable and very unbecoming. Whatever you are, being impatient is one of the worst of traits.
I once heard you can just about do anything if you just have patience. You can even carry water in a sieve, if you just wait until it freezes! We all have some need of more patience! G.T.
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from excerpts from the “Baptist Bread” January 25, 2021 devotional by author Gary Trout, Pastor, Bellepoint Baptist Church, Hinton, WV. With permission from Tim Green, editor Baptist Bread.
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