Daily Chizuk #1498

One of the great ways the Ba'al Emunah serves Hashem is with his patience. Hashem promised Avraham He would give him Eretz Yisrael. Yet, when it came time to bury his wife there, he had to pay an enormous sum of money for the land. Hashem was so proud of Avraham for not questioning Him, not asking why he had to pay for the land that Hashem had already promised him.
Avraham was also promised a child who would take over his legacy. Yet Avraham had to wait 30 years to see the fulfillment of that promise, and he never questioned Hashem even once about it.
We learn a lot about how much Hashem appreciates our acts of self-sacrifice and how much blessing they bring down. However, because today we live in a generation where everything comes instantly, it has become much harder for us to have patience and to wait to see the blessings come after we perform heroic deeds.
Our job is to have patience and trust in Hashem. He will reward everything we do if we maintain our emunah during the waiting period. We will become so great from it, especially today when waiting is so difficult.