There’s Much in Life That Can’t Be Instant!

By Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.

In contemporary society, many people have grown accustomed to accomplish quite a few things instantly. Very often, just pressing a button or clapping one’s hands will bring the desired result right away.

People are offered instant credit, photos are developed instantly or while one briefly waits. We drink instant coffee, and ingest many instantly-prepared foods and, through a multiplicity of television channels, we can access instant entertainment and news. Information today is literally at one’s fingertips.

Examples can easily be multiplied, each illustrating the unlimited possibilities in our push-button society. Although much of that can in some ways be beneficial for many people, a problem it creates is the false expectation that other issues may also be resolved in great speed.

Even though rapidity may denote progress in many situations, it can also mean total disaster in others. We need to learn the difference, and employ genuine understanding as we confront a diversity of issues and options in life!

Many of the things that count most take time. The birth of a human occurs only after the usual nine months in a mother’s womb; friendships are developed over a lengthy period as rapport and confidence are built between the parties, and as each individual unveils his or her true self to the other.

Illnesses must follow a certain course in spite of medications used, before full healing becomes a reality. In like fashion, a journey can only occur within the time-frame necessary for its realization. Any problem that suddenly appears cannot be instantly swept under a rug;  it requires thoughtful, and often lengthy, concentration and action for its effective resolution.

Anywhere on earth people need a lifetime to learn the lessons that each new day would teach. Everybody must exercise wisdom and patience which each situation requires of us.

Even if God keeps you waiting for an answer longer than you may desire, His meaning is to give you not just anything, but the best thing, at the right time! Nevertheless, the Almighty never postpones the outpouring of His blessings; they always follow His divine schedule and appointment!