Welcome back to the Brilliant Perspectives Podcast, where learning is powered by the heart.

I'm your host, Jalen Bowden, and today we're bringing you more incredible thoughts on the topic of patience.

Now, one of the things I love most about patience is that this is a fruit of the spirit that we have plenty of opportunities to see in our day-to-day lives.

If you think about it, we've all felt the daily pressures of busyness and hurry.

But that's actually the good news here, because it means that patience is always present.

It's always standing right there with its hands outstretched to us unbothered by the rush.

We're being invited to engage with patience instead of choosing its opposite.

I like to think of it this way. When I find myself feeling pressure to speed up the process or to get through something quickly, I pause to ask internally,

what am I building right now? And what is all of this busyness actually producing in my life?

Here are some practical examples. When I'm following a new dinner recipe, I know it's going to take time and a lot of patience to create the intended outcome.

Or even when I'm in the middle of doing something that I love like reading.

If I don't slow down to take pauses and calmly digest what I'm absorbing, then I likely won't retain my learning if I'm always speeding ahead to the next part.

In the same way, it takes patience to build a solid foundation for the things that matter.

And you might know this one found in James chapter 5 that patience is like a farmer waiting for his seed to produce crops.

And we know that the waiting period is an important part of the process.

I love this line that Graham is about to share where he says patience never sees delay as a problem.

It sees it as a preparation to fully inherit the promises of God.

Patience is powerful. And we're so excited to be a part of your learning today.

We must have promises in life over things that matter.

Promises for our work with God, for our family, our friends, our calling, our work, our business, and so on.

I keep a record of my promises that have come to me through scripture, through prophecy, dreams, and visions and so on.

I like to quote the one that's most relevant to the circumstances that are current.

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