Patience and promise

Hebrews 6:12 (ESV)

So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

A lot of the time we focus on the importance of faith and forget how much patience plays a role in obtaining the promises of God. We need faith because that’s what calls the promises of God into being. However, patience is what will keep you going when you haven’t seen the promise yet.

Patience is what keeps you going when you haven’t seen the promise yet.

The importance of patience is often overlooked. Patience is what kept Sarah going after she had a promise from God that said she would be a mother. And then year after year, she hadn’t conceived a child. Sarah had to be patient until she received the promise God gave her.

God has given us all promises. And yet we often want to give up on the promises of God when trials come. We think it would be easier to give up than to endure. However, you only learn from the trials you endure. Patience is what keeps us going in the middle, between the promise of God and seeing that promise come to pass in our lives.

So today, remember to practice patience. It isn’t easy waiting on the promises God gave you, but remember that God is faithful. If He’s given you a promise He will bring it to pass in your life.

You’ve got to just be patient until you see the promise come to pass in your life.

Dear Lord, we thank You for the promise You give each one of us.  We pray that we would be patient as we wait for the promise to come to us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.