by Kenneth Copeland
4 : B V O V
ne thing all babies have in common
is a lack of patience. Whatever they
want, they want it now. When they get
hungry in the middle of the night, they
don't just wait quietly in their cribs,
confident that someone will feed them in
the morning. They cry at the top of their
lungs and demand immediate attention.
In the natural, that's just how babies are.
The same is true spiritually. When
Christians are first born again, they
too, tend to demand that things change
immediately. If they pray about a
negative situation in their life and it
doesn't disappear overnight, they're
likely to kick up a fuss. "I don't know why
God hasn't fixed this situation for me
yet!" they whine. "I thought He promised
me I'd be BLESSED."
There's no condemnation in that. We
all start out as spiritual babies, so we've
all been there. We just don't want to stay
there. Because that kind of immaturity
limits how much we can receive from
God, we want to grow past that stage. We
want to feed on the strong meat of The
WORD and become, as Hebrews 6:12
says, "followers of them who through
faith and patience inherit the promises"
of God.
Sadly, believers don't always get
excited about the patience part of that
verse. They're eager to develop their faith
because they know faith changes things.
But they think patience doesn't. Just
like the world, they think patience is just
putting up with whatever unpleasantness
comes along.
But that's a misconception. Patience
is faith's power twin! It's not just rolling
over and letting the devil beat up on you.
It's spiritual endurance that enables you
to triumph over him. It's a fruit of the
spirit that, even in the face of contrary
When you put
patience into
operation, you can
take a victory stand
on God's WORD and
refuse to back off,
come what may.
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