Have Patience 3

Hello Everyone,

This kind of patience doesn’t come easily.

Romans 5:3 “but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”

We develop it while walking closely with Him.

It comes from trusting in Him even when His love and blessing seems hidden by a dark cloud of problems and difficulties hanging over our heads.

Can we trust Him then?

Even when tomorrow looks dark and lonely and frightening — knowing that we know just as He has walked with us in the past, He will walk with us in all our tomorrows to?

1.   We are patient when in the darker events of our life we do not lose control but remain firm in the conviction that obedience to God is a requirement at ALL times and in ALL circumstances.

2.   This is continuing to trust when our trust doesn’t seem to bring results.

3.   This is continuing to trust in a loving God whether signs of that love are visible or not.

When used in reference to God, makrothumia is sometimes translated "longsuffering” or "slow to anger."

This describes the character of God Himself. It is an attribute of Yahweh." God told Moses, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love" (Exodus 34:6, NIV).

This truth runs throughout the Psalms: The Lord is "a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love" (Psalm 86:15, NIV; 103:8; 145:8).

Greater Things Are Still To Come!