🕊️PRAY HERE Devotion🕊️ “Patience Produces Progress & Promise”

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NKJV)

“The end of a thing is better than its beginning; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

Devotion: Patience… how many of us truly have it?

How do you feel when you’re sitting at a red light that holds you for over two minutes?

When you pull up to a drive-thru and see a long line wrapping around the building?

Or when you’re waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to finally be ready? LOL!

The truth is, WE DON’T LIKE TO WAIT.

It doesn’t matter what it is : we want it fast, instant, and right now.

Let’s visualize what an impatient person looks and acts like.

Impatience can make someone mean, rude, selfish, difficult, and chaotic.

They huff and puff when they have to wait.

They get snappy and smart-mouthed when things aren’t happening ontheirtimeline.

They rush into decisions, miss important details, and end up making choices that cost them more later.

Let me ask you this…

Do you like dealing with impatient people?

I really could’ve just asked that first! LOL!

Patience is one of God’s characteristics.

It is a fruit of the Spirit, a virtue, and a necessity.

And no matter how much we resist it,we will not get everything fast.

Sometimes life requires waiting.

James 1:4 tells us that if we let patience have her perfect work, it will make us perfect and complete;  lacking nothing.

That means patience helps us perfect things and patience helps us actually finish things.

You’ve heard the phrase, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Well, without patience, you really won’t see it ; because you’ll quit too early or rush ahead of God.

I have seen so many people miss blessings, opportunities, and better outcomes simply because they couldn’t WAIT.

Too quick to move.

Too quick to give up.

Too quick to react.

Too quick to speak.

Too quick to choose something convenient instead of something God-ordained.

Today’s scripture reminds us:

“The end of a thing is better than the beginning.”

So don’t get discouraged by where you are right now.

Look at where youwill end up if you just hold on with patience.

Nothing looks like what it will become in the beginning.

A concrete foundation doesn’t look like the beautiful four-bedroom home it will one day be.

A caterpillar doesn’t look like the butterfly it is destined to transform into.

And you don’t look like the final version of the promise God is building in you.

Patience helps us make better decisions, regulate our emotions, reduce stress, and grow stronger spiritually.

When we wait on the Lord, follow His steps, and pace ourselves according to His timing ; we position ourselves for blessings that last and a future that is secure.

So today, take a breath. Slow down. Trust God’s timeline.

Your progress and your promise are connected to your patience.

Prayer: Father, thank You for reminding me that patience is not punishment but preparation. Help me to slow down, trust Your timing, and wait with a good attitude. Strengthen my faith so I don’t rush ahead of You or grow discouraged when things take time. Teach me to let patience complete its work in me, so I can receive everything You have promised.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.