g the will of God, must be
reproduced in our lives. But how little we know of it in reality.
Impatience is the leading characteristic of the closing days of this
present evil age. It is alas! but too prominently seen among God's
people who are influenced by the present day currents. How little
true waiting on the Lord and for the Lord is practiced! How much
reaching out after the things which are but for a moment and which
will soon perish! In consequence there is but little enjoyment of
that which is the glorious and eternal portion of the Saints of God.
How great the haste and hurry of present day life! How little
quietness and contentment! In suffering and loss, murmurings,
fault-finding and words of forced resignation are more frequently heard
than joyful songs of praise. Unrest instead of rest, discontent
instead of contentment, anxiety instead of simple trust, self
exaltation instead of self abnegation, ambitiousness instead of
lowliness of mind are found on all sides among those who name the
name of Christ and who carry His Life in their hearts. And why? Your
heart, dear reader, is so often out of touch with Christ. You lose
sight of Him. His Spirit is grieved and in consequence there is
failure and the impatience of the flesh. Return, oh my soul, unto
thy rest! Direct, O Lord, our hearts into the Patience of Christ.

The Patience of Christ. He is still the patient Christ. Rejected by
the world He has taken His place upon the Father's throne. There He
waits until His enemies are made His footstool. Long ago, in our
human reckoning, He entered there. Long ago the Father said to Him,
"Ask of Me and I will give Thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost part of the earth for Thy possession" (Ps. ii:8).
Up to now He has not yet asked the Father. When He asks it will mean
judgment for this world. In infinite patience He has waited and
waited in the presence of God. And all this time He has carried on
His work as the Priest and Advocate of His people who live on earth.
With what tenderness and patience He has dealt with all who lived in
the past centuries. His mighty power kept them and now they are at
home with Him. The same patience He manifests towards us. How often
we have failed Him and walked in the flesh instead of walking in the
Spirit. We came to Him and confessed and then we found Him so loving
towards us. But ere long we failed again and in His loving patience
His arms were again around us. A