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Patience, in the original Greek language was mak-roth-oo-meh'-o Origin: from the same as 3116: patient, persevering, bear long, be long-suffering, be patient, have patience, have long patience, to bear long, be long-suffering, patiently endure.
Patience comes into the Christian by grace, through the Holy Spirit. It is the fruit of Gods Love, now abiding in us, as a result of our decision to Trust in and Rely upon Him. This Patience is developed, over time through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and often a certain amount of suffering.
As I said earlier in our study of Love, God "is" LOVE and therefore patience is simply, one of His attributes, a part of His nature. GOD is patient, and cannot be otherwise.
But what does it mean that God is patient?
When we look through the whole (entire) bible and sum up all of Gods nature, it appears that it is the power of God over Himself which reflects the greatest example of patience. God's patience with Himself is even greater than His patience with His creations (you and I).
The bible says that, "The Lord is slow to anger," and then it says, "and abundant in mercy."
Numbers 14:18 The Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression
This suggests that God's patience towards His creatures is His power over Himself. Look at the fallen condition of this world (again). What Human Being would not have VAPORIZED everything for having his creation turned so far away from him?
ONLY GOD can reveal such perfect patience. The power of God is more manifest in His patience to a multitude of sinners than it could be in creating millions of worlds out of nothing; this is the power over Himself." God is Not patient with our sin. Listen to me, my friends, GOD HATES SIN. Therefore He is NOT patient with our SIN, BUT HE LOVES THE SINNERS.
Every time we continue in sin, Judgement HAS to be made SWIFTLY because God is Perfect. That sin is immediately delt with by the placement of it INTO the BODY of CHRIST. Fortunately God has already dealt with sin at calvary. This single act of love included the coverage of sins 'FUTURE TENSE'. GODS patience over Himself far surpasses His patience with Man. God has truly shown His patience with this fallen World and even that FINAL moment of perfected patience which He has hidden from even CHRIST will come.
GOD IS PATIENT AND YOU ARE THE OBJECT OF HIS PATIENCE. He patiently awaits the fullness of your days here and awaits your reign with Him through all of eternity. You have been in the spotlight of His affection since eternity past. God is Patient my friends.
You and I are not able to produce this kind of patience on our own. Patience, like any other fruit (or element) of love, is manifested from within the christian by his awareness, attentiveness, (being sensitive to) the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is constantly directing, leading, stirring us toward the right thing to do or say and away from anything else. Our attentiveness and obedience to His leading is critical to reflecting Gods' love outward.
On the flip side of patience is eagerness, restless, and anxious. We know these characteristics reflect a distrust in Gods plan and in His Word.
Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
We should be thankful for, and desiring of, Gods' Patience. Trusting the advise of the Holy Spirit in all things would be the greatest example of your appreciation for God being patient.
In the life of the believer, decisions of all kinds run through our mind about how to respond to the world around us. When the Doctors office calls with bad news, our mind kicks in with throughts of every kind. Being patient would mean "hushing" yourself so that instead of making the decision from your mind, you can make the decision from your heart,.. from inside.
This takes time to develop this kind of living, because our will is so strong. Your mind keeps calculating all the scientific or practical things you could do, but deep inside you, somethings, keeps saying, "get a second opinion before you agree to that surgery".
Then your mind says, "but you have been with this doctor for eight years now". Throughout the day, reasons why you must hurry your decision and "get this thing going", but still the Spirit says, "get a second opinion".
Sometimes being Patient doesn't make sense to the average person, but Trusting God can save us from so many wrong decisions.
Trust in and Rely upon the Lord today, through Patience.
I Love you.
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| November 24, 2008 |
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Amen and Amen. Patience is something I wish I could have so many times. This is an excellent post my dear friend.
God Bless You* |
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| January 17, 2009 |
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| amen |
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| January 19, 2009 |
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| Praise the Lord for His patience. |
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| February 16, 2009 |
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| Thank you Preston The many times that God has had to be patient with me are numerous. |
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| February 16, 2009 |
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Oh, me too, my Friend. After putting together "This Thing Called Love", I was anxious to move on to another area of Truth, but the Spirit was Patient with me while I stuggled with my work until I got patient to hear what was next... hehe. Its been a year now and He still has me stuck in Love.
God Bless you and thanks. |
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| February 25, 2009 |
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| Your statement, "awareness, attentiveness, (being sensitive to) the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is constantly directing, leading, stirring us toward the right thing to do or say and away from anything else. Our attentiveness and obedience to His leading is critical to reflecting Gods' love outward." and your statement "Your mind keeps calculating all the scientific or practical things you could do, but deep inside you, somethings, keeps saying" are certainly good observations on your part and were great to point out in this blog. |
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| February 25, 2009 |
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| Hello Yahschild, Isn't so true, dear Friend. Now, from my side of this blog, "but the Spirit was Patient with me while I stuggled with my work until I got patient to hear what was next... hehe" was my personal favorite observation. I'm serious. Knowing how it's supposed to work, I am amazed at how frequently try to "grab the steering wheel". You know what I mean? I love you. I'm glad you're going through theses like this. Thank you. |
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| June 04, 2009 |
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Okay, I may get feed-back on this and that is okay with me. I have often told my friend NOT to pray for me to have patients as................. I am know that HE will................ now will HE give me something to endure and test to see if I grab the patients that HE gave me due to a prayer for patience ???
I do love however, I know I canNOT out love/give as HE.
I do my best not to be hasty as I know that TRUE LOVE is being kind.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| June 04, 2009 |
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You can pray for patience, because it's one of the "things of God" that we are too pray for. Being afraid to pray for it because you worry how He will develope it means that, we don't trust Him, and that He might not consider our strength,... or how vulnerable,... etc... we are. I met one woman who said God just "gave" her patience one day. You just never know.
It is also true, Marie,... that, if you are a child of The Most High, you don't have to pray for it... hehe,... when "HE" believes it is time for you to learn patience,... YOU WILL... lol. I love you. |
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| June 04, 2009 |
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Hey
I have never thought of it that way and I thank you. HIS Love NEVER fails me/us "whosoever" I did NOT mean to come off so selfish :( I sure hope that you did not take it that way.
I do know that for us to show love to God, we MUST first understand God's agape, for ONLY God has such an un selfish love.
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| June 04, 2009 |
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| June 04, 2009 |
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| No Marie,... you didn't come across that way. That was my own experience I shared, because your comment reminded me. I'm gonna send you a friend request before I run you off with my monotone technicle side... hehe. Love ya. |
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| June 04, 2009 |
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Hey Denise, I Love you. Thanks for your encouragement. |
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