Exercise patience.

MAY. 4, 2026

Exercise patience.

"Therefore be patient...until the coming of the Lord." Jas 5:7 NKJV

Patience, from the biblical perspective, embodies these four things: 

(1) Confidence in God's unfailing love and faithfulness to us: "His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness" (Lam 3:22-23 NKJV). 

(2) Confidence that He will keep His promises to us: "There has not failed one word...which He promised" (1Ki 8:56 NKJV). 

(3) Confidence that He has everything that concerns us under control: "The Lord will vindicate me" (Ps 138:8 NIV).

(4) Confidence that even in the most difficult of circumstances, He is working for our good. "We know that all things work together for good to those who love God" (Ro 8:28 NKJV). 

Confidence in God enables us to live by the Word: "He that believeth shall not make haste" (Isa 28:16 KJV). Impatience is at the root of so many of our failures. Hence the apostle 

James wrote: "Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord." 

• Look at Simon Peter: He came close to committing murder in the garden of Gethsemane in a vain attempt to protect Jesus (see Jn 18:10). 

• Look at Moses: His impatience caused him to strike the rock instead of speaking to it as God commanded; hence he forfeited the Promised Land (see Nu 20:1-13). 

• Look at Abraham: His impatience while waiting for God's promise of a son to be fulfilled led to the birth of Ishmael and serious complications in the family (see Ge 16:1-16).

Hence Paul wrote: "Whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope" (Ro 15:4 NKJV). 

So, the word for you today is-exercise patience!

Exercise patience

"That we through patience have hope."

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