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Inner Life and Personal Growth

Day 23: Using Patience and Perseverance to Show He Is King
Scripture: Galatians 6:9; James 1:2-12; Romans 5:3-4; Hebrews 10:36

Life has challenges that demand patience and perseverance. Waiting for an answer, especially in our tech-driven, fast-paced world, feels like a burden, while enduring hardships can seem impossible. However, scripture teaches us that patience and persistence are essential for spiritual growth and maturity.

James 1:2-12 challenges us to view trials as opportunities for growth, stating that "the testing of your faith produces perseverance." Trials are not meant to break us but to refine us, strengthening our faith and shaping us into the people God intends us to be. When we endure hardships with faith, we develop perseverance, leading to spiritual maturity.

It is easy to become discouraged when we do not see immediate results, but God's timing is perfect. What we sow in faith, we will reap in His time. Paul, in Romans, reinforces the idea by teaching us that suffering produces perseverance, which leads to character, and character leads to hope. The process may be complex, but God uses it to build something greater within us.

Hebrews 10:36 encourages us to stay steadfast: "You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised." Perseverance is about enduring hardships and remaining faithful in obedience to God's will.

We can practice patience and perseverance daily by placing God first, waiting for His response, and acknowledging Him as our Lord daily. Impatient people who quit have not made Jesus the Lord over every aspect of their lives; Jesus never gives up and patiently waits for us to turn everything over to Him.

Patience and perseverance are not just about waiting but about how we wait. Do we trust God in the waiting? Do we remain faithful even when the journey is long and arduous? Instead of growing weary, let us find strength in knowing that God works in us and through us, even in waiting.

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help me to be patient in times of waiting and steadfast in trials. Strengthen my faith so I do not grow weary, but instead, trust in your perfect timing. Teach me to embrace perseverance, knowing you shape my character for your purpose. Thank you for your faithfulness. It is in the name of Jesus we pray, amen.