Patience week2

 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge — God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.     1 Corinthians 1.4-9

Will God ask us to do something and then leave us? Of course not! Yet when we are called to wait, what can possibly keep us from becoming impatient? Haven’t we all at some point sat in a waiting room while a doctor treats others? Haven’t we sat in a traffic jam for hours, waiting for something, anything, to move? But waiting for Jesus is the ultimate and truly worthwhile wait. We wait for His coming to set all things right in our world. We wait for His coming to show us perfection. We wait for His coming to herald that our future is here. One day we will be with God, the lover of our souls.

So how to wait with patience? Simple. We know our purpose, and we

 are equipped by God to accomplish that purpose. Our purpose is to remain strong until the end. We are called to be faithful, modelling ourselves after the One we follow. As God is faithful, so should we be faithful.

And we are equipped. God has given us blessings unbounding. He has given us the gifts we need to accomplish His purpose for us. Later in this letter, we find a listing of some specific gifts. And we find that the ultimate gift, the Holy Spirit, administer these gifts for us. (1 Corinthians 12)

God has called us to wait. So we practice patience. But God has given us gifts to equip us to fulfil His purposes as we wait. Through His graciousness, we learn patience, and through our exercise of that patience, we fulfil His purposes.