|
Cast
not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of
reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will
of God, ye might receive the promise.
– Hebrews 10:35-36
|
|
Most of us have a distorted
idea about patience. We think of it as something designed to help us
suffer failure gracefully, but according to these scriptures, it will
actually put us on the path to success!
Patience (or being
consistently constant) is the power twin of faith. They work together to
see to it that the promises of God are fulfilled in your life.
Say,
for example, you need a job. You can go to the Word and see clearly
that God promises to provide your needs. You can see He takes pleasure
in the prosperity of His servants. Once you see that, faith takes hold
and you shout, "Hallelujah, I've got the job I need."
But what
happens to that faith tomorrow morning when you go to three interviews
and get turned down all three times? Then what? That's when patience has
to take over! That's when you have to make a decision to stay constant,
to act as if nothing's changed.
The truth is, if you based your
confidence on the Word of God, nothing has changed. It says exactly the
same thing it said yesterday.
So, if you'll put patience to work,
you know what you're going to say after those three unsuccessful job
interviews? You're going to say, "Hallelujah, I've got the job I need!"
just like you did before.
You see, faith opens the door to God's promise for you; and patience keeps it open until that promise is fulfilled.
Do
you have your faith sights set on a promise of God today, a promise
you've been waiting on for some time? Don't let the delay discourage
you. Put patience to work. The Word guarantees you will receive your
reward.
|
No comments:
Post a Comment