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THE MASTER ATTITUDE

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
2 Peter 3:8

A man read this verse and asked God, ‘If one day is like a thousand years, does that mean a million dollars is like a penny’? God said ‘Yes’. The man continued, ‘Then give me a penny’. God replied, ‘Sure, wait a minute!’ We want the prize but not the process. Daniel Coleman calls the ability to wait well ‘the master attitude’. Having it requires: (1) Trust. Among trapeze artists, a special relationship exists between the flier and the catcher. Once the flyer lets go, he can’t afford to flounder about; he must wait motionless until the catcher grabs him. We must also learn to let go of whatever God tells us to relinquish and wait for Him to catch us, even when we don’t feel His hand. Scary stuff! (2) Humility. One man waited so long to see his doctor he ended up sending the doctor a bill for his time! Seriously, in life there’s a correlation between status and waiting. Lower status people generally wait for higher-status ones and the wise learn to wait with grace. Waiting reminds us we’re not in charge; it humbles us in ways we need to be humbled. (3) Hope. Paul writes, ‘If we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently’ (Romans 8:25). One kid put it this way: ‘It’s like Christmas morning. You know there’s something great downstairs, but you have to wait because your Mom and Dad said, “Don’t wake us before 6 AM!” So learn to wait well, it’s ‘the master attitude’.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to wait (patiently) on you in all things. Give me Trust, Humility, and Hope in you for all things! In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen