THE PATIENCE TEST, NO. 7

By refusing to patiently wait on God we are now find ourselves in a mess. We have organized our own programs in our churches. We have figured out how to run a successful church based program on the successful ideas of how to run a secular business.

The early church got it right from the beginning and became the prototype for every generation following. They were told to WAIT in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father which was the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4). The Holy Spirit came after a ten day prayer meeting where they continued with one accord in prayer and supplication (Acts 1:13, 14).

Acts 2:1-4 tells us what happened on the day of Pentecost. From that day forward the Holy Spirit filled, empowered, and directed His waiting and dependent people who understood the principle of what it meant to patiently wait upon God in prayers and intercessions. If the end time church is going to be successful, from God's perspective, we must teach and practice what it means to wait on the Lord.

As fathers we must teach our families, but by example and instruction, this very important truth.

We must refuse to put our own organization above God's organization, lest we organize God out of our families, as well as our churches.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell