Spiritual Grit

 Grits are great! My Granny taught my Mama who taught me who taught my boys how to make grits. The recipe has been “tampered” with by adding this-and-that so there’s some debate who makes the “best” grits but nonetheless ...  grits are great! God is never in a hurry. We, on the other hand, are seldom patient!  Have you noticed the more unpleasant the circumstances, the more impatient and whinier we grow? Most of us just don’t do well in God’s greenhouse yet it’s where great spiritual growth occurs as we surrender to His sovereignty in quiet and peaceful and obedient patience.  Oswald Chambers makes this observation: “If we wait, we shall see that God is pointing out that we have not been interested in Himself but only in His blessings.” Perhaps it's true: Believers are more interested in what God can do & give instead of the awesome Creator & Redeemer & King that He is!  When we persevere [by God’s grace], the spiritual hammering produces (like Christ) that “fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 5:2).  Oh, how we need spiritual grit!  The word “grit” is something produced by pounding, and we [Southerners] love the taste of that coarsely ground corn.  Yeah, yeah, I know not everyone appreciates a good bowl of hot grits, but [oh my] how the world needs to see God glorified when His Children patiently wait upon The Lord.  Let’s take a breath, step back, and put forth some spiritual grit to the glory of The Father!