When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us.” (Exodus 32:1)

Spurred by these words, Aaron makes an executive decision to request items of gold jewellery from the people of Israel. They oblige.

Aaron then melts the gold and makes a calf. The people declare the calf to be the gods who brought them out of Egypt. Aaron then makes this announcement: “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.”

Watch what follows: “So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

Disappointment by the length of Moses’ appointment with God, they opt for a new god.

Sadly, this scenario is repeated on a regular basis among people of faith, including our tribe, the Christian community.

I have seen it when ministering with my friend Heather Curnew as she takes teams into holistic fairs, university campuses, malls, etc. on outreach missions. We simply put up a sign that says: “Free Spiritual Readings & Healing Prayer” and watch people line up to receive ministry.

One thing I have noticed at these outreaches is the number of people who come to us who used to be part of a church at one time, but are not connected with the Body of Christ anymore.

Among the reasons they list for this change is impatience in waiting for God to act, although they would not phrase it quite that way. They just got tired of waiting for God to come through—with healing, money, a spouse, etc.

When someone else came along and offered an option—be it a New Age group, a non-Holy Spirit based healing method or even another faith altogether—they took it, because it seemed as though they were seeing instant results, at least for a while.

Clearly they had assigned a golden calf the same value as the God who had delivered them in the past.

Virtually everywhere Sulojana and I are invited to minister, we hear someone come and say that they are just tired of waiting for the prophetic words spoken over them to be fulfilled and are at the point of giving up or have already resigned themselves to the fact that nothing’s going to come of them.

Sadly, sometimes they come to the conclusion that the prophetic minister did not hear from God at all and start attaching labels such as “false prophet” to them. Some start seeking the services of a psychic or a medium, not realizing that what they are receiving is not revelation from the Holy Spirit but information from other spirits.

See the golden calf scenario repeating itself?

How about you, dear friend? Have you ever allowed impatience with God to enter into your spirit?

Perhaps you have not done something as drastic as the people of Israel or the people cited in the aforementioned examples. But, have you allowed impatience to get in the way of experiencing at.one.ment with God?

Would you take a few minutes to ask Holy Spirit if this is the case? Once again, wait for His answer. Then respond (if necessary) with repentance. Please.