Love Is Patience

 

Love Is Patience

Love is patience enduring and long suffering. This means love is tolerant and can endure even in hard times and actually persevere during crises. A person in love is ready to wait upon his or her lover to actually come to terms with their love conditions. For  instance a man can patiently wait upon a young lady who is in the  university or vocational training to finish and then marry her because of love. 

A woman who is in love can wait patiently for a spouse or husband who is in abroad for five or more years  to return and settle together. God wants us to have the same virtue of patience to wait for his promises. Once we are able to wait for as long as the promise tarried ,it is a sign of love for God  which is patience " But let patience have her perfect work.,that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. " James 1 : 4

So patience is the way of God that God wants to use to establish our love for God, that is why at times God's promises seems to tarry before they come to pass . " Knowing this that the trying of your faith worketh patience. " James 1:3 If we claim to love God ,it would be seen in our patient walk with God, because true love 7 tested by patience .If we don’t have patience for God to wait upon him to fulfil hispromises, it is a sign that we are not in love with God  .

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For instance Hebrews 10:36 declares " For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. " Hebrews 10: 36 The will of God is for us to have patience for God and that  signifies the love of God in our hearts. For instance Abraham waited in patience until the promise of God concerning his life came to pass. Because he loved God he didn't go and serve other gods in order for his needs to be met, rather he waited in patience. 

"Saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. " Hebrews 6: 14-15  God's way of seeing our love for him is to weigh us on the scale of patience. If we claim to love God it doesn't matter how long it takes for God's promises to be fulfilled in our lives, we will have the patience to wait upon God for such a promise. People who give up too quickly or soon are not really in love with God. 

PRAYER 

OH Lord my God give me patience, because I live you ,help to wait patiently until your promise come to pass in my life .