Don't Get In A Hurry

Don't Get in a Hurry
Kenneth Copeland 

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt...talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
up. ...and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deuteronomy 6:6-8


One of the reasons Gloria and I have seen the results we have in our lives
and in our ministry is because when we realized what the Word of God would
do, we literally immersed ourselves in it. We turned off the radio and
television, we put down the newspaper, and spent nearly every waking
moment of the time available either reading the Word, listening to tapes
on the Word, or thinking about the Word. 

All that time in the Word eventually had a powerful effect on us. It began
to revolutionize everything about us. It began to turn failure into
success. 

All that didn't happen overnight, however. It took time. A great many
believers don't realize that. They start out devoting themselves to the
Word, but they make the mistake of expecting instant, miraculous results,
and when they don't see them, they get disappointed and fall away. 

Don't do that. Be patient. Give the Word time to do its work. 

Jesus once said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4). The Word of God
feeds the spirit man just as bread feeds the body. Food has to be built
into your body. The vitamins and minerals it contains have a cumulative
effect on it, don't they? In fact, almost anything that affects your body
instantaneously is considered dangerous. 

Much the same thing is true with the Word of God. It has a cumulative
effect. Yes, at times God will act instantly and perform a miracle, but
only to get things back on track. What He really intends is for you to
feed on His Word to grow in strength and in faith and to bear fruit in due
season. 

So don't get in such an all-fired hurry. Stay in the Word. Be patient. The
results will come!

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 7:11-23