Faith Sight
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. (Heb 10:35-36 ESV)
Most of us have a distorted idea about patience.
We think of it only as something designed to help us suffer failure gracefully, but according to these scriptures, it will also actually put us on the path to success!
Patience (or being consistently constant) is the power twin of faith.
They work together to see to it that the promises of God are fulfilled in your life.
For example,
You need a job. You can go to the Word and see clearly that God promises to provide your needs. You can see He takes pleasure in the goodness of His servants. Once you see that, faith takes hold and you shout, “Hallelujah, I’ve got the job I need.”
But-
What happens to that faith tomorrow morning when you go to three interviews and get turned down all three times?
That’s when patience has to take over! That’s when you have to make a decision to stay constant, to act as if nothing’s changed.
The truth is, if you based your confidence on the Word of God, nothing has changed. It says exactly the same thing it said yesterday.
So, if you’ll put patience to work, you know what you’re going to say after those three
unsuccessful job interviews? You’re going to say, “Hallelujah, I’ve got the job I need!” just like you did before.
Faith opens the door to God’s promise for you; and patience keeps it open until that promise is fulfilled.
Do you have your faith sights set on a promise of God today, a promise you’ve been waiting on for some time? Don’t let the delay discourage you. Put patience to work.