Patience is the quality of being patient; having the willingness to wait if necessary without losing one’s temper while waiting.
In the animals’ kingdom, two species were compared together based on their gestation, ‘A dog and An elephant’. Both animals were observed to conceive at the same time of a day , and close observation indicated that the dog delivered to puppies in three months time. The dog gestated again and begot some more puppies in the next three months again. In contrast, the elephant is still gestation its first pregnancy. After a while, the dog began to feel more important than the elephant but the elephant remarked “you may have given birth to tens of puppies within few months and the world may not even know about it, but when I deliver just one calf after eighteen months of gestation, the world get notified and when my calf walks, the earth tremble by its pounds of weigh”. This is a very short and brief story of the power of ‘Patience’
You cannot compare your achievement with others achievement, you have to wait your time on the Lord. Those who wait on the Lord will never be ashamed {Isaiah 40:31}. Patience plays an important role in the life of believer, Rachel was barren, she waited on the Lord and her son ruled over his elder brothers. Abraham waited on the Lord, and he was made the father of many nations. Hannah waited on the Lord and God gave her a son who became a notable prophet in Isreal. Jesus Christ of Nazareth patiently endured and waited on the Lord’s Will and He is given name that is above every other names. Nobody has ever waited on the Lord and be ashamed. You need to rest in the Lord and fret not {Psalm 37:7} He has a greater piece of plan for your life, just wait on the Lord, He will answer you {Psalm 38:15}. We serve a wonderful and miracle God, He knows what we He is always good to those who waits on Him {Lamentation 3:25}. God is never too late; in some circumstances of life, we may not acquire all we deserve at our own time even with rigorous prayer, at such time, God is waiting and holding up for a reason best known to Him: wait on Him, never surrender to hastiness, wait on the Lord for your hope is all in Him {Psalm 39:7; Psalm 130:55; Psalm 37:34}
The patient dog they say; eats the fattest bone. Christian must learn to wait for the right time that God has appointed {Psalm 104:27}, our steadfastness in Christ is a greater weapon to withhold our urge from rushing towards things of life that are vanity. Having a stronger faith in the Lord, hoping for the things that are not seen is the truest description of patience {Roman 8:25-26}. Brethren, patience is the key to a grand breakthrough, just as a farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, we all need to wait on the Lord {James 5:7}. Abraham was able to wait patiently wait on the LORD despite his old age, he obtained a remarkable blessing from the Lord {Hebrew 6:13-15}. You also need to be patient and wait on the Lord.
Ways of waiting on the LORD
- Perseverance by enduring continuously {James 1:4}
- Being Expectant {James 5:7}
- Being Firm {1 Corinthians 15:58}
- Acknowledging God’s sovereignty {Ephesians 1:11}
The longer you patiently wait on the LORD, the greater your blessings shall be
Reference Scriptures
Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
James 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Psalms 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Hebrews 6:13-15 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Psalms 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Romans 8:25-26 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Psalms 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
–Minister Seyi Ayinla