‘…Be patient in
tribulation’ (Romans 12:12)
My family and I have just come back from a holiday in
Germany and Holland, and we believe God was trying to teach us a particular
lesson
.
A lesson about patience.
First, our ferry was delayed and we left five hours later
than we expected. One of my sisters was convinced we’d die in the carpark at
the docks and never be found again. (It was a long wait).
Then, when we visited Amsterdam, torrential rain and winds stopped
the trains. We waited nearly two hours at the station, cold and wet.
Seems like God was trying to say something.
If you’re not convinced…on Sunday, we visited a German
church (they had a translator) and we heard a sermon on…you guessed it,
patience!
In moments like that, it could be easy to complain. It could
be easy to moan to each other about how terrible the weather is, how useless
public transport is…etc.
But when you pray to God for patience, when you lift your
eyes from your surroundings and up to Him…then you are reminded of your reasons
to stay content.
Take our situations. We were together. We were safe. We
weren’t ill. We still got to go on holiday, still got to visit some of
Amsterdam.
Amazingly, God sent some us some English-speaking tourists, who just happened to know where we were trying to get to and told us how to get back to our house.
And who knows? Perhaps a dangerous accident would have happened
if we’d left earlier. We don’t know. But God does.
The knowledge that He is sovereign and in control of
everything gives us comfort that the world is a chaotic place of chance. It’s
all running under His plans.
And this knowledge gives us reason to be thankful for
moments God uses to makes us patient.
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