As
we look at Saul today, we realize that impatience can be the cause of great
foolishness and serious sin. Many of our sins fall in the category of
immaturity. Immaturity is characterized by impatience. The immature want it
now. A toddler wants her food, now! A young boy wants respect, now! A young man
wants his sex, now! A young woman wants her security, now! And a failure to get
the good thing one wants, now, often leads the immature to grasp for it before it
is time. Thus, the taking of the thing before its time is mistrust and lack of
faith that God will provide that good thing at just the right time.
The
young and immature need to learn patience with faith, believing that those good
desires will be provided for, by God, at just the right time. And then, as we
grow in patience, our faith grows, knowing that God is always faithful and
timely in delivering His promises. This keeps us from being foolish and results
in our maturity in the faith.
So,
let us confess both our impatience and the particular sins we have committed by
refusing to wait upon God and His good timing.
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