they make you vain – Jeremiah 23:16
There are many storms in life but patience makes us resilient. We are not to walk in the understanding of our contemporaries, because they are here today and gone tomorrow. It takes a deeper work.
Become a seed-sower and you’ll see why patience makes all the difference. “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.” (Matthew 13: 24-29 NIV).
There are people who come in our lives to be a blessing. But there are others specifically planted to cause troubles. Although we can choose our friends, we can not choose our family members, our neighbors, or our colleges. Patience helps us examine every relationship and separates the weeds. We may not have the freedom to choose all the people who enter our lives, but we have the freedom to prevent their flow to our hearts. Some relationships will last a lifetime, but we are not obligated to let them enter our hearts, if their flow is evil. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him (Matthew 12:35).
Let’s Pray For You
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I will be patient with the people in my life, while you remove the weeds. Amen. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
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