Speaker: Jared Mellema
Week one of our Peeled series, we discussed the fruit of patience.
Fruit of the Spirit Quote:
“The moon gets its light from the Sun. So God, if you are the Sun, then make me the moon.”
Patience is something our world today lacks. Why? Because we have everything at the tip of our fingertips! We don’t have to wait for hardly anything!
We can have a new song in 20 seconds.
We can have a new pair of shoes within two days.
We can complete our homework on the Internet without waiting for the teacher to give the lesson…and we can even google all the answers to get them right!
It’s kind of ridiculous.
It has gotten to the point where patience has become counter-cultural. Patience is not normal anymore. Patience is rarely even expected.
When we are able to get so many things at the touch of a button, we get the mindset that we don’t have to be patient for anything at all.
But that is so wrong. Even when the world tells us that patience is not necessary, we still must remain patient.
For example:
We must be patient in our waiting for God to do His work in someone else’s life.
We must be patient in waiting for God to work in our own lives.
We must be patient in the waiting of God’s perfect timing for the plan He has for our lives.
We must remain faithful in our waiting.
Patience is waiting without worrying.
We also must be patient with others.Being patient in a world where patience is no longer attained can spark great conversation.
God is perfectly patient with us, therefore we should be patient with others. We must allow margins, allowances of grace, for other peoples failures. Just as Christ did for us.
Patience towards others is giving grace when someone does you wrong, just as Christ did for you.
Exodus 14:14 I will fight for you, you must only be still.
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