Bible Study March 20, 2024
Luke 2:15 – 19 (NLT)
“15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you! 16 Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you. 17 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. 18 But not a hair of your head will perish! 19 By standing firm, you will win your souls.”
John Ortberg writes “Waiting on the Lord is an act of obedience. Waiting is the hardest work of hope. When we turn to the Bible, God himself God who’s , all wise, and all loving assures us over and over to wait. Psalm 37:7: “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” Wait for the Lord, the Psalmist goes on, keep to his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land.”
How many of us like to wait? I’m not in that boat, patience is something I need more of from the driver in front of me, to the one at the ATM. It seems like I am waiting on something ore someone all the time, (that may bit of an exaggeration). I just do not like to wait.
I am not the reason the writers of scriptures tell us to wait. The scriptures teach all of us that one of the fruits of the Spirit is patience. We should do things as efficiently as we can but in the end we must learn to wait on the Lord and on His timing. In fact, a great deal of our life is spent waiting on the Lord. Right at this moment I am waiting for some notification on something I may need to do today and I wait.
What situation demands your patience today? Paul said in Romans 15:5 He is a “God of patience.”
“Patience is passion tamed.” Lyman Abbott.
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