Today we live in a “microwave society.” Everything must be right now. Everything needs to be fast (witness the Boom Overture supersonic transport program).
When it comes to spiritual growth, though, God seldom operates that way with us.
We want spiritual growth, and we want it now, just as we want money, pleasure, respect, and any number of other things now. The amount of lottery tickets Christian’s buy is mute testimony to this fact.
What we are setting ourselves up for is frustration and disappointment. The sad thing is that people who claim to know God, and I include myself here, should know better. Patience is a divine virtue.
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.” -Proverbs 19:2 (ESV)
