Spiritual Grit

Grits are us - yes, Mister Bill and I love some grits. My Granny taught my Mama,  who taught me, who taught my boys how to make grits. The recipe has been “tampered” with a few times nonetheless -- grits rock! 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 we grow? Mostly, we don’t do well in God’s greenhouse yet it’s where spiritual growth happens. If only we’d surrender to His sovereign hand in quiet-peaceful-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.”  Say it ain't so that Believers are more interested in what God does and gives instead of the awesome Creator and Redeemer and King He is!  When we persevere [by God’s grace], the spiritual hammering produces a Christ-likeness, a “fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 5:2). Truth is, we need spiritual grit!  The meaning of the word “grit” is something produced by pounding, and we [Southerners] love the taste that pounding [of corn] produces! I don't understand it but I'm aware there are those who just don't fully appreciate a hot steaming bowl of grits but oh how this lost world could come to appreciate God glorified when His Children patiently wait upon the Lord.  Pause, take a breath and put forth some spiritual grit to the glory of The Father!