Patience: The Key to Perfection

James 1:2-4King James Version (KJV)2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Matthew 5:48, tells us to be perfect as our father is perfect. The word perfect here is teleios in Greek. It means being mature or complete, lacking nothing. 

The father's desire for us is to become fully developed, he wants us to be absolutely complete in all things. Patience is the act of being consistent or unmoved even while under pressure. Faith without patience is unfruitful, it will not produce desired results. It is by faith and patience that we see the manifestations of the promises of God in our lives (Hebrews 6:12). 

Your faith will be tested at one point in time. It's during the time of tests, that one's true colors are revealed, it reveals what one is truly made of. So don't despise the test, be patient and past it instead.

Absolute faith in God leads to complete rest in him. A man or woman of faith is never bothered by what he sees, he is stabilized by what he knows. When you truly trust God you'll keep holding on to his Word even when it seems like time is not on your side. Because God can not be limited by time. He is never late, he knows what you need, when you need it and he'll always deliver it right on time. 

We must always remember that God is faithful, and that it is impossible for him to lie. Therefore if he has promised you something, he will fulfill that promise. God and his Word are one, he keeps his Word, he is true to his Word. 

Don't give up on God, add patience to your faith and receive your reward (2 Peter 1:5-6). Faith can be described as a race. The race of faith is one of endurance, everyone will go through a rough patch but we must endeavor to never quit. You may be familiar with the saying, "Slow and steady wins the race". In the race of faith patience wins the race.

Faith can also be described as a fight. We all have been enlisted in God's army as soldiers of Christ Jesus, the bible doesn't tell us to fight because the battle has already been won, instead it tells us to endure (2 Timothy 2:3). The fight of faith is called a good fight because we've already got the victory (1 Timothy 6:11-12). All we have to do is maintain our victory by staying the course; believing God absolutely, rejoicing in expectation, and keeping up our confession.

So if you are currently going through a tough time, things may even seem to be getting worse by the second, REJOICE! That's the cheat sheet for this test. If you add patience to your faith, you'll coming out stronger, better, wiser and PERFECTED. Glory to God!!!

Confession: In the name of Jesus, I declare that I add patience to my faith. I refuse to give up despite what I see, I choose to trust God absoultely. Amen

Prayer starter: Father, I ask for the grace to be patient and stay the course in Jesus' name. Amen

You're blessed!


- Bunmi


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