Trust and patience

"Wait for the Lord ; Fortify yourselves, and let your heart be firm : yea, wait for the Lord. " Psalm 27. 14

"Abraham, having shown patience, obtained what was promised." Hebrews 6. 15

 
In our busy lives, words like "waiting, patience" are the ones we have a hard time accepting. Often we draw up plans, then, as we seek to realize them, something happens that changes them. Were our plans false ? Or will we try to force events ? Even if we have asked the Lord to guide us, it does not mean that everything will happen as we thought.
The Lord sometimes allows obstacles to stand in our way to bring us "back on track" and to teach us confidence and patience, a "fruit of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:22).
Two opposing dangers await us then :
- To remain passively waiting for what God will do.
- To strive to arrive as quickly as possible and by our own forces to the expected result.
The balance is the same in both cases : no fruit !
According to his plans of love, God will act in our favor in our favor. Abraham understood it well (second verse of the day) ; David also said : "In the morning I will set my prayer before you, and I will wait" (Psalm 5: 3, rereading the first verse of the day).
God asks for our trust, an active confidence that anticipates the intervention of the Lord. He also desires our patience, a serene patience. Did he not always respond at the right time ? Has he not surprised us many times by his solutions ? God takes time to help those who confide in Him, while those who attempt to act on their own fail.
Trust and patience are two virtues that are cultivated ; They have nothing to do with fatalism or resignation before circumstances that can not be changed. Let us become imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit what was promised "(Heb 6:12).
We have everything in God: let us not count on our own strength, but on his own and on his resources, relying on his promises.
 
Source (Please the Lord)