The Ugly Side of Impatience

Patience is not always popular in a culture of "get it done" and "never enough time."  Frankly, some leaders choose impatience over the risk of seeming lazy.  I am so for a healthy work ethic.  The last thing your organization needs is slothfulness and lack of enthusiastic production.  The paradox, however, lies in the impatience for mediocrity and a spirit of impatience.  Such a spirit can appear to take over more areas than just business, for instance.  When traffic isn't moving fast enough for you on your city's turnpike or friends' stories never seem short enough to your ears, an ongoing, problematic issue might be surfacing.  Pause to take some inventory of your day's activities?  Do you see a pattern of impatient responses...?  It's been said that you cannot be impatient and humble at the same time.  That is such a WOW truth!  Author Gene Wilkes writes in his book Jesus on Leadership, "Impatience causes leaders to sacrifice insight for effort.  It causes us to trust our natural instincts rather than God's work in our life."  I've taken this whole matter of impatience in my life to a whole new level of prayer.  The last thing I want people to see in me is the ugly reactions to any lack of patience.  What about you...?  Why don't you join me now in surrendering the spirit of impatience to Christ and depending more deeply on His grace to calm you in seemingly rushed times...  The Christ in you is ready to be seen!

What issues of impatience do you need to surrender to Christ today?