Daily reflections
EZEKIEL WILLIAM
PATIENCE : mother of all Virtues
Heb 6 : 15
…………………”and so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained
the Promise .
References : luke 8 : 15. 2Tim 6:11, Heb 6: 12s
Patience is one of the most important virtues that every man
must possess. Patience makes the waiting process in life a hopeful one. An
impatient man cannot receive blessings from God. No man or woman has ever
received blessings from God at every tap of their finger, they have to wait and
be tried or examined for a while. The process of trying us is not to bitter us
but to better us.
Heb 6:12 reads……”that ye be not slothful but followers of
them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Many have fasted and prayed for a long time about issues
affecting their lives , families , finance and have become discouraged cos the
answers seem not to be forth coming.
A preacher once said “if God answers all our Prayers and
grants all our requests at once , the aim of Prayers and the need for God would
be defeated, thereby making us independent entities. We are not made to
self-exist, we are created to always depend on God. Therefore, there must
always be that feeling of emptiness in us whenever we move away from Him.
Have you been praying for a spouse, Praying for a home.
Finances , have you been praying for healing in your career, life , career and the answers seem so far away. Keep
on trusting God .
Cast not away your confidence because God defers his
performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in His
time, which is always the more convenient season.
Matthew
Henry
We need to understand that the waiting period in life is not
usually as a result of sin, it is an important stage in the development of the
promise itself, and remember the Dark
Room is the most important stage in the development of the film.
One example among the patriarchs of Faith and patience is
JOSEPH. He saw the promise, God confirmed the Promise, he claimed the promise
and worked towards realizing it but he had to go through some hard times. He
passed through the refining process- he went through from humiliation,
reproach, ridicule and imprisonment made him the real Joseph when he became
Governor of Egypt.
Remember, you get the chick by hatching the egg, not by
smashing it.
It is important to note that every step you take during the
waiting process determines how close or far you are to the promise. It is
therefore important to go only where he goes and do only what he says , we have
to wait until we receive the next command.
Remember the saying “the patient dog, eats the fattest bone” if
the patient dog gets the fattest bone , then the patient man will get the best
of everything in life.
A Christian without patience is like a soldier without arms.
Wait for it , for it shall come to pass and not tarry.
Amen !
Pastor Peter Ezekiel
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