1 Timothy 6:11 (KJV)
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Today, I am very excited, we get to the one word of three that has been laid on my heart to look into, Patience.
The dictionary defines patience as: "the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset."
Again the Strong's Concordance defines it in more detail as: "cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy: — enduring, continuance (waiting)." Some adverbs would include; enduring, patient continuance, patient waiting, steadfastness, constancy, endurance. In the New Testament definition it tells us it is the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings.
So it's safe to say that a person who is patient will endure what comes and will not compromise from the Lord's purpose. They will have faith and their character will mirror our Lord's character of love and reliance on the Spirit for power and always working to accomplish the Father's will no matter the obstacle. Someone that keeps truckin along no matter what.
If we truly look at our lives, I believe we will find an area that we don't endure like we should. An area where our response to trouble isn't quite up to par. So let's commit to stand firm, not allowing our responses to people or trouble to dictate our responses. Let's allow the Spirit to work a good work in our hearts so that we can stand for what is right and teach others how we are to live our lives. May we strive to be more like our Savior who is unwaveringly patient with us as we fail, and is faithful to pick us up again and again, showing us what is right and in line with the Father's will, and through it all, never giving up on us!
Next time we will look at meekness. A word that can easily be miss-understood or thought of incorrectly. And then we will recap the verse and see one very important take home of us all! Very exciting!
The dictionary defines patience as: "the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset."
Again the Strong's Concordance defines it in more detail as: "cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy: — enduring, continuance (waiting)." Some adverbs would include; enduring, patient continuance, patient waiting, steadfastness, constancy, endurance. In the New Testament definition it tells us it is the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings.
So it's safe to say that a person who is patient will endure what comes and will not compromise from the Lord's purpose. They will have faith and their character will mirror our Lord's character of love and reliance on the Spirit for power and always working to accomplish the Father's will no matter the obstacle. Someone that keeps truckin along no matter what.
If we truly look at our lives, I believe we will find an area that we don't endure like we should. An area where our response to trouble isn't quite up to par. So let's commit to stand firm, not allowing our responses to people or trouble to dictate our responses. Let's allow the Spirit to work a good work in our hearts so that we can stand for what is right and teach others how we are to live our lives. May we strive to be more like our Savior who is unwaveringly patient with us as we fail, and is faithful to pick us up again and again, showing us what is right and in line with the Father's will, and through it all, never giving up on us!
Next time we will look at meekness. A word that can easily be miss-understood or thought of incorrectly. And then we will recap the verse and see one very important take home of us all! Very exciting!
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