Futile bandaids

I love quick fixes. I want my problems solved, and I want them solved NOW! At the sight of a long term solution to a problem, I drum up a hundred reasons why it will never work. I want the quick diet, the miracle phonics program for my five year old, immediate spiritual disciplines, and the cure all daily schedule.

But, there are no quick fixes. At least, none that actually cure the disease. A bandage might hide cancer, but it will never cure the disease. My quick fixes are a futile attempt to bandage.

Faithfulness is the effort required of me, and I rebel. Small, consistent, faithful choices...that is the recourse God gives me. He says, "...let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." (Gal. 6:9) My flesh wearies of labor without immediate results. I want instant fruit, but God does not work that way. Wisely, He encourages me not to despise the day of small things. (Zechariah 4:10)

There is no miracle diet, only daily submission of my body to Christ's lordship.
There is no perfect phonics program, only faithful, daily perseverance. There are few (if any) life changing encounters with God, unless I abide daily in His Word, practice spiritual disciplines, and cry out faithfully in prayer. There is no quick
cure for my problems. Daily, faithful decisions are the only path given, and I claim Hebrews 11:1 that,"...faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."