Impatient Me

Scheduled Reading:
2 Chronicles 33:1-34:33
Psalm 95:5-10
Proverbs 19:29-20:1
Acts 25:13-26:11

Selected Passage: 2 Chronicles 34 & Acts 25
Both of these passages have a related theme: Godly men doing the right thing, despite the difficulty of doing so. Josiah doing the right thing since he was 8 years old - fearing and respecting the Lord, at 16 years old he  began to seek God to know Him. By the time Josiah was 20 years old, he began to act on what he knew about God from spending that time with Him. Some time later in his twenties, he discovered the Book of the Law and began enacting painful reform for the kingdom based on what he learned about God's expectations from His people.
In Acts, Paul defends himself from the hostile Jewish religious leaders  to the Roman authorities. He speaks the truth, without compromise or apology - regardless of the consequences.

Do we have the courage to do what it takes to do the right things? Do we have the patience required to even hear from God's word to know what those right things are? So many times we impatiently go about doing what we can about what we see; when actually all we need to be be about is seeking God on the matter - in His Word and in prayer. But that takes patience and faith. Two qualities I fear are in short supply in our instant gratification society these days.