Today’s Promise
May 24, 2022
God is Patient With You
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
With all the challenges and pressures you may be facing, May I remind you that God loves you and is patient with you.
Good News and Really Good News
Do you ever feel like a disappointment to God? Ever feel like you are the weakest and most undeserving of all His children? Do you wish your faith was stronger and you weren’t so easily discouraged? Ever feel like you will never reach the level of spiritual maturity you desire?
I have good news and really good news for you. First, we have all felt that way at one time or another. We all want our walk with God to move from one glorious moment to the next, but unfortunately, it’s often two steps forward and one step back.
In Good Company
However, we are in good company. Almost every spiritual giant in the Bible had a significant setback or failure. For example, the night Jesus was arrested, Peter had a chance to make a stand for Christ. Instead, he denied even knowing Him. Yet when God needed a keynote speaker at Pentecost, God used Peter to help bring 3,000 people to Christ.
The really good news is that God understands your weakness and frailty. Psalm 103:14 says that He knows we are made from nothing but dust.
Because He knows who you are and how you are made, He is patient with you. Even the great Apostle Paul struggled with his weakness. In Romans 7, he confessed that he often did what he did not want to do and didn’t do what he knew he should do.
God Understands
God is patient and understands you are often weak and frail.
It took God 40 years in the backside of the desert to grow Moses into the man of faith God needed him to be. He is doing the same for you today.
Like a loving Father, God gently guides you in the way you should go. Though it’s rarely on your timetable, God always fulfills His promises. Right now, He is patiently working in your life. When you get off the path, He calls you back to Himself. He is training you to be the person of faith He needs you to be.
Look at that promise once again.
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. – 2 Peter 3:9
Make these confessions.
- God is never slow in fulfilling His promises.
- God is patient with me and knows my frailty.
- He is working to make me more like Jesus.
- He patiently draws me back to Him when I stray.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen
God is patiently working in your life. He knows your weakness and your failures but is committed to bringing you into a closer relationship with Him.
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How do you see God being patient with you? (Share your thought in the comment section.)
Thank you Lord for being patient with me!
Amen
When I think of God’s patience with me while I was “doin’ things my way,” I want to cry with gratitude and amazement that he let me live long enough to find my way to Him. Makes me believe that He really does love me. The first trait that 1 Corinthians 13:4 lists is that love is PATIENT. Yes! God is patient with us because He loves us, even when, and especially when, we can’t love ourselves.
If you’ve been living in rebellion (sin) and you’re sick of yourself, turn toward Jesus. He’s waiting to receive you with open arms! Trust Him and ask Him to lead you out of the bad place you’re in and to Him. There’s nothing He would rather do!