One of the most subtle challenges we face is patience. A conflict tests the soul and reports the status of our level of patience. With the proliferation of technology in our daily lives, we are conditioned to be impatient… we want it now! Patience is connected to hearing Our Heavenly Father. Obstacles to our plans arise and cause blockages that may challenge our faith in what we are led to do. Those blockages may cause us to question the Word we received from Our Heavenly Father yet we must hold fast and work through the blockage whether it be physical, emotional, or spiritual.
The most obvious blockages are physical in nature and they tend to occur at the most inopportune times. When these occur, we are forced to be flexible. Our response to the blockage provides us a barometer of our patience. When that sewer line started backing up, did you respond in anger and frustration or did you simply speak words of gratitude that it didn’t happen in the middle of winter?
Emotional blockages are much more subtle and tend to last longer. How long will we hope against hope that our parent, spouse, or child will respond in Love instead of self-interest? Emotional blockages often have interpersonal relationships involved where someone has hurt you in the past and may be continuing with hurtful language and/or actions in the present. These blockages are often generational and must be dealt with first in the spirit realm. We must allow Our Heavenly Father to fill the void.
Finally, there are spiritual blockages. Scripture tells us there are spiritual battles raging in the heavenlies. One aspect of these spiritual battles is to teach us Kingdom Law and how to win “court” battles by applying GOD’S Law. We should not be ignorant of the devil’s devices. Spiritual entities have access to the Heavenly Court system to cause us blockages by legally requesting adverse actions that effectively place a blockage in our way. Our ignorance of Biblical Law as well as our infrequent appearances before Our Heavenly Father’s Throne of Grace can account for substantial blockages that hinder our calling. Time after time Israel would fall into some adverse situation and as a last result cry out to Our Heavenly Father who would then deliver them.
My intent here is to focus on the need for patience and to focus on the solution to the blockage: approach the Throne of Grace and seek Our Heavenly Father’s wisdom concerning the situation. Once we obtain the wisdom from above, act on it and remove the blockage. Once we understand the nature of the blockage, we can resolve it without the frustration and impatience that we suffered when we had no understanding. Selah!