PATIENCE A GREAT VIRTUE

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. (James 5:8)

Patience is a Golden Virtue of life. Infact nothing works like it.

Unfortunately, only a few can practice it as it is very hard to sustain. The man in a hurry misses the way. Patience is better than wisdom – for wisdom without patience is like a garden full of weeds. An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. Impatience brings sorrow, grief, discomfort, misery, sadness and failures. With patience, careful planning, hard work and dedication. Success is sure to come your way sooner than you think and expects!

One golden area patience is key and cannot be avoided in life is in RELATIONSHIPS.

The book of Genesis 2: 22 states that: “And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman and brought her unto the man”.

When God finished the product He was making for Adam. He brought her to him. Some believers are so much in a hurry to get their partners that they lose focus on God. Some would say, “If God does not answer me in a particular time, I will backslide”. Who losses? It is you of course. The truth of the matter is that it takes time to turn raw materials into a finished product. But if you desire to bring it out in a hurry, it will have to skip some stages of production process and turn out to be a defective product.
Not all ladies are from the Lord. Prov. 19:14 says: “House and riches are inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord”. If you therefore want your partner from the Lord, then be prepared to wait on Him.

Impatience of some believers has made them rush out their Partners before God was through, yet today they are complaining about the individual. So friends, be PATIENT.

Another Golden thing to note in Gen 2:22 is that God led Eve to Adam. Who says a sister cannot identify her partner first?

Although to avoid looking cheap, she may not want to bell the cat first but prays until he receives from God too and discuss with your Pastor.

In every other facets of life, we interact with people: be it in church, office or family. Hence the popular saying: No one is an Island. We should therefore learn to effectively live with others without getting upset with them.

According to Rick Warren: “…. In every group, office, society or family: there is always at least one difficult person.

That person may have special emotional needs, deep insecurities, irritating mannerisms or poor skills. You might call them “EGR People” – “Extra Grace Required People”.

All you need do is to dig deep enough and rely more on God’s grace to be able to effectively relate with them as much as possible.

Remember, we are charged to follow peace with ALL men without which ………

So when next he/she gets on your nerves, and you felt so upset, downcast or you want to burst out; before you react; recall that they are “Extra Grace Required People” and you have to handle them with extra grace and care.

Never give the key to your happiness or Joy to anybody to use anyhow.

Their main intention is that they want to succeed in making you sad whenever they want to.

The one in a hurry may be disappointed.

However the one with a load of patience will laugh last. The Bible even said that the patient one will inherit the earth and eternal life.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step. Therefore slow and steady win the race.

We must not rush at things; BE PATIENT.
Remember, anything done in haste is NEVER DONE VERY WELL.

Thank you.

Moses Durodola