When I finally drifted off to sleep, something odd began to happen. It didn’t feel like a dream, but it was definitely a night-season experience. Although God often speaks to me through dreams, I don’t think I have ever experienced a night like this one. All night, a scripture was being repeated to me, audibly, over and over. I woke up speaking this Word of God out loud.

The word patience means cheerful or hopeful endurance, constancy, enduring, patience, and patient continuance waiting. Am I cheerfully enduring and continuing to trust God? Or am I mumbling and complaining about everything we see across our nation?

The word, work, means to finish, perform, accomplish, achieve, work out, and bring about results of a thing. God’s Word is clear He will complete what He started and bring about the results of His Word, if we continue to wait upon Him.

As I dug into the meaning of the words in this scripture, I was convicted. Was I truly cheerfully enduring and continuing to trust God? I must admit that I am not always cheerful in waiting to see God’s promises fulfilled in our land. The night before was clear proof I went to sleep frustrated and distracted by recent events.

We must collectively proclaim God’s Word over the United States of America regardless of the chaos and confusion. We must also remember the Word of God will not fail; it will come to pass.

We have a promise from God. If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land 2 Chronicles 7:14 If we humble ourselves many of us have pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways again, many have done this then God will hear from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our land.

I realize this season of purging, exposing, and cleansing seems to be unending. Healing won’t happen overnight, and restoration will take longer than a day. I know that is what God was showing me. He was also encouraging me that He is still at work. We must allow patience to work in the process.

Waiting on God isn’t inactive. It requires our involvement. It means continuing to stand on the Word of God regardless of what we see. It is confessing His Word over your situation consistently. It is refusing to give up, refusing to become negative, and refusing to speak against what He has promised. It is praying and interceding over our nation daily until we see the change and completeness we desire to see in our city, state, and country.

That, my friend, is worth waiting for. That is worth choosing to be cheerful about. I do not know what you are standing in faith for today. Whatever it is, may I suggest you allow patience to have its perfect work. I believe this is a key to this season to allow patience to finish the work in us and the United States and bring it to ultimate completion.

Throughout the night, Jesus spoke to me “let patience work. Let Me bring things to a place of completion trust Me, I am working, but I am not doing it halfway I am doing a finished work, wait for it. You will see it with your eyes.”

Isaiah 25:9 says, And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.” It is my prayer that we once again see the fullness of the work of patience in this land and experience His enduring salvation, personally and nationally.