Patient endurance is not easy, but many times it is necessary.  If you change jobs every two years, ten times in a row, you do not have twenty years of work experience.  You have two years of work experience in ten different places.  So, make sure that you learn what God intends for you to learn where you are, before you move on.  This is one of Satan’s ploys.  His desire is to keep you reactive to life, accompanied by a shallow faith. 

 

I remember the first time I traveled to Asia and took time to explore one of the many outdoor street markets. Stretching for miles and miles on end, these markets claimed to sell all of the top brands in fashion and accessories at a fraction of the cost. However, upon closer inspection one could quickly tell these were cheap imitations, made to look authentic but lacking all of the traits that made the products worthy of a high sticker price, such as quality of materials or assembly.

 

 

Many of us go through times when bible reading seems dry and we may think, “There has got to be something more.”  At these times, one reason we may have parched souls is because we have been gathering biblical information rather than communing with the Savior.  Perhaps, as G.K. Chesterton said, our religion has become more about theology, and less about a love affair with Jesus.