Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. 

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

It might just be that the greatest threat to the gospel  taking root these days is immediate gratification. 

Ours is a world of such plenty that we’ve eroded our own patience.

Though patience is a godly virtue, it’s become among the least popular. 

Great is your reward in heaven—glorious as it is—means the expected payoff may arrive much later than sooner. 

We’re not programmed for that. 

Waiting upon anyone is inconvenient at best. Waiting upon the Lord is worse. 

Shouldn’t an omnipotent God skip the waiting room for those he loves? Concierge treatment should be the norm instead of the exception. 

Self, again, is at the heart of this type of thinking, as if we deserve better consideration. 

Have we learned nothing?

If God promises something, he always delivers. Rest in that truth and be anxious for nothing. 

Great is your reward in heaven.