Patience may not always be one of our greatest strengths. In fact, we may tend to live each day with a schedule in mind, an agenda by which to live that day, and several goals we need to meet before the day’s end. How many times has your schedule fallen apart, and the agenda completely forgotten, and you have to move today’s goals to tomorrow? When God wants to build a certain quality in our life, He puts us in the opposite circumstance. For example, if God wants us to be more patient, He arranges the hours and minutes of our days in ways that demand patience. What is patience? To be patient is to have the ability to endure, but it doesn’t stop there. Patience must also have the capacity to be wronged and not retaliate. In other words, patience is love persevering and love waiting. We are not only to be patient in the way we face difficult situations, but in our relationships as well. Do you want to be blessed? Stand firm in your trial. Do you want to be rewarded? Stand firm in that tough circumstance. Be patient – because patience really does pay off. God promises blessings and rewards to those who persevere and stand firm in hard times. We can stand firm because God loves us unconditionally and promises to walk with us through every dark moment life will bring. Nothing touches us that does not pass through God’s hand, with His permission. Every trial must come through God’s love, but every trial has a purpose. Every pain has a purpose, every ordeal contains a seed of victory, and there is a promise for every problem we will ever face. God will never let us face more than we can handle with His help. No matter where you are today, where you have been, or what you are facing tomorrow, be patient, knowing your God will strengthen you to stand firm!!y
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:27:07 +0000