This past weekend I got some more ink. I was sitting in the chair as the young lady was working on my arm. I was unable to see what she was doing, and so I had no idea of the progress she was making, or how long it would take to complete.
Although I really wanted to see how she was coming along, I didn't even try to twist and look.
The thought dawned on me, it never occurred to me to even ask questions like, "are you done yet?" or ,"how much longer is this going to take?" they never even came to mind.
I was completely calm and patient, confident in the fact that she was good at what she does, and she knows what she is doing.
Now sure, I'm a firm believer that you don't try to rush a person who is using a needle to permanently mark you body! But there was more than that. I trusted her as she had done work for me before and I knew from past experience that it would take as long as it takes.
She would work until it was done.
So I sat there patiently until she was finished.
I wondered, why am I so impatient with the Lord when I can't see what he is doing or what progress he is making in my life? Why is it I want to twist around and see, and often try to look at things from every possible angle, so I can see his progress?
Why cant I just sit and wait as he does his work in my life?
The same confidence I gave to my tattoo artist should be magnified when it comes to the Lord.
"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Phil 1:6 (NIV)
