"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.
Kenneth
Copeland
SCRIPTURE READING: Hebrews 6:10-15
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