1 Cor. 13:4 - Jesus Never Ran

^{1Corinthians 13:4} Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 

I find it significant that the first word on the list of things that describe love in God's terms is patience. That is one attribute that God is definately long on and us humans seem to struggle with. Could it be because God is not bound by time as He lives eternal, and we are always dealing with the fact that our time here is running out? Have you ever noticed that as time dwindles on accomplishing a task, the closer to the deadline the more impatient you get? Especially if the task is almost complete but not yet there? How we scurry around at the last minute to finish something in the nick of time? In our scurrying we have less and less patience as the seconds count down. How much of our lives are lived in a scurry or semi-scurry attitude?
God however never scurries. Jesus never ran. The only depiction of God running is the Father as he sees his prodigal son on the horizon, he runs to meet him. Even in that the father was patiently waiting. The character of God exudes patience. The frailty of man is that he is inclined toward impatience. In haste or impulse or in autopilot thinking we make assumptions and veer off course easily.


APPLICATION
I need to create more margin in my life so that I can be more careful in my decisions and more effective in my ministry. Today I will begin by being 5 minutes early for every appointment. In order to do this I will need to be prepared to set out earlier in the first place. And rememberb that 5 minutes early is on time and arriving at the set appointed time is 5 minutes late.

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