Godly Patience

For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me. (Psalms 62:1 NET)

Patience, something that we all pray for at some point in our lives for ourselves or possibly for someone else. But do we really know what patience is? I'm not talking about regular patience which most of us think is just sitting and waiting for something. I'm talking about Godly patience. The Hebrew word for patience in this passage is duwmiyah, which means stillness, quiet, a state of tranquility. What King David is saying in this passage is that he is waiting on God with patience, a patience that has a good attitude. That means when you are asked to be patient, you need to have a good attitude to go along with it. This can be difficult at times, especially when we need to be patient at the grocery store and the wrong price on an item is in the computer and someone has to go back and get the correct price and we are already 5 minutes late for our next meeting, or while driving in traffic we the slowest person on the road is in front of us, or waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles and the person ahead of you doesn't have the correct paperwork, or when we are on the phone with Verizon talking to someone in India who we can't understand, or when we are putting in a kitchen sink and a hose breaks...you get the idea. When we are able to be patient with a Godly attitude, there is nothing that will shake us because we will be walking in peace, we will be walking in a trust in God that no one or no thing can dislodge.

Take Away: the next time you have the opportunity to be patient, ask God to help you be patient with a Godly attitude, one that is full of trust in Him that He will take care of the situation and then make your mind up to walk in peace and trust.