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Why is patience important?
Patience is a virtue, but it’s becoming an exceedingly rare quality in modern society.
According to a new survey of 2,000 British adults, all of the luxuries of modern life have made most people incredibly impatient — across pretty much every aspect of their lives.
Three quarters of those surveyed said they believe the dominance of digital technology, such as smartphones and on-demand TVs, are to blame for this ever growing lack of patience.
Patience is a virtue, but it’s becoming an exceedingly rare quality in modern society.
According to a new survey of 2,000 British adults, all of the luxuries of modern life have made most people incredibly impatient — across pretty much every aspect of their lives.
Three quarters of those surveyed said they believe the dominance of digital technology, such as smartphones and on-demand TVs, are to blame for this ever growing lack of patience.
Respondents reported becoming frustrated after just 16 seconds of waiting for a web page to load, and after 25 seconds of waiting for a traffic light to change.
Commissioned by stationery supply company BIC, the survey revealed that 38% of respondents had lost their patience while trying to take notes and keep up with a speaker during a class or work meeting.
Often times, all it takes is mere seconds of waiting for people to lose their cool.
For example, respondents reported losing their temper after just 20 seconds of waiting for ink to dry on a greeting card.
Additionally, it only takes 22 seconds for people to start cursing their computers or TVs if a show or movie doesn’t immediately start streaming correctly.
Surveyed Brits also reported losing their cool after just 18 seconds of searching for a pen.
Do you consider yourself a patient person?
Why is patience important?
If we are going to do all God wants us to do and be all God wants us to be, we must learn to be patient.
God’s timing is very different from our timing.
By this point in David’s life, the crutches have been removed, and David had to be patient before he could do and be all God had for him.
Background
David’s life drastically changed in a matter of five years.
Dr. Ron Cottle explains in his book, Anointed to Reign: David’s Pathway to Rulership:
“David was called and anointed when he was seventeen.
He was about twenty years old when he fought Goliath… He slipped into Adullam when he was twenty-one years old and he left the cave of Adullam at the age of twenty-eight.”
God did not change his mind in selecting David as the next king of Israel.
However, David would have to be patient.
Why is it a good thing God does not get into a hurry?
After losing his position in Saul’s court, his marriage to Michal, and his friendship with Jonathan, David lost his dignity.
In fear for his life he ran to the city of Gath.
The king of Gath, Achish, was confused when he heard David came to their city for refuge.
What famous warrior was from Gath? (hint: he was 9’ 6” tall)
Goliath was from Gath.
David was so distressed about the current events, he went to the hometown of his first enemy for protection.
When it finally clicked, David acted crazy.
He began to drool at the mouth and scratch the walls, hoping to get away peacefully.
How do you think David felt at this point in his life?
Story
After escaping the city of Gath, David had nowhere else to go.
He went to a cave named Adullam.
In the Hebrew, Adullam means, “to dangle, like a bucket at the end of a rope.”
Literally, David was at the end of his rope and didn’t know what to do.
David wanted to be alone, away from everyone.
David was confused, worried, and unsure of the future.
While David sought solace in the cave, word got back to his family and friends.
Instead of coming to help David, they brought their problems with them.
They were not there to help David.
Literally, these people were in distressed, in debt, and discontent.
Distressed- they were under pressure and great stress.
In debt- they could not pay the bills, which had high interest from various creditors.
Discontent- they were bitter in their soul for they had been mistreated.
If you were David, what would you do with this group?
Instead of ignoring these problematic people, we read David became captain over them.
The word captain denotes “a person who would get in the field, who got wet when his men got wet, or got muddy when his men got muddy, it is a military term.”
David had the proper perspective on these men.
Instead of being annoyed by them, he had compassion on them.
David realized God had great plans for his life.
He knew he would not be in the Cave of Adullam forever.
God promised he would be king over Israel, not king over Adullam.
Therefore, David purposed in his heart to learn all God wanted him to learn while he was in the cave.
Dr. Ron Cottle teaches, “Adullam is not for living; it is for learning.”
If we intend to do all God wants us to do, we have to learn what He wants us to learn in each season.
Though Adullam was a place of confusion, God used it to develop David’s character, courage, and compassion.
David wrote three Psalms while in Adullam.
There is a progression in each of the Psalms, let’s look at them together.
Psalms
Though David could not see it at the time, the 400 men who joined him in the cave, eventually became, “David’s Mighty Men.”
They were the men who joined David in battle when he became king.
Had David given up on them or became impatient with them, he would not have had a support system to help in the future.
Application
There are times in our Christian experience where we know God has a future for us, we know His plans are better than ours, but we feel like we are stuck in a cave.
Then to make matter worse, when we are at our lowest, those who should help us come and make and make our problems grow.
When this occurs, it is vital that we trust God and ask Him to give us the proper perspective.
Who has ever felt like you were in the cave?
What lessons can we learn in the cave?
Why does God allow us to go through difficult times?
What happens if we grow impatient and quit when times get hard?
God sees what we do not see, we have to trust Him, even when we do not understand.
He could be using our cave experience to prepare us for our destiny.
The cave is not a place for living, it is a place of learning.
It is in the cave that God reroutes our lives, teaches us to trust Him, and prepares us for our future.
If we are to do all God wants us to do, the cave is an unavoidable pitstop.
Challenge
If you are in the cave, ask the Lord to give you proper perspective.
If you have been in the cave and got out, think of what lessons God taught you.
If you have never been in the cave, ask the Lord to prepare you and help you in all He has.
If you are surrounded by people who are distressed, in debt, and discontent, ask the Lord to give you compassion to help them as He sees fit.
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