We look for it; we cry if we don't have it; we read about it
or write about it, and it is totally indispensable to life.
Love; the most precious of all commodities.
Since God Himself is love, He gives us a complete picture on what love is and how to love each other in 1 Corinthians 13.
He shows us “the most excellent way" through the entire chapter and we respond with, "Aaah how beautiful!"
But after reading this chapter, recently, I began to wonder if these words about love would apply to how I treat Jesus, and not just how I should treat others.
LOVE is patient… (1 Cor 13:4)
No quibbling here, it is a stated fact. To love Jesus invites me to be patient with Him, I have an opportunity to display patience with the Creator of the universe! What an honor to practice a characteristic of God on God, Himself .
For me to love Jesus will mean that I will not impose time limits on Him. I will not be frustrated that the answer to my prayer didn’t come at the time I expected. I will wait patiently for Him to answer me in His way and in His time. I will be patient with Him because I love Him and know that He loves me and so I trust that the timing of His response is exactly what I need, when I need it. Sometimes that means that I will wait for a considerable amount of time. It may even mean I will not see the answer, at all, until heaven reveals all unanswered questions. But if I choose to love my Creator and King, then I will be patient with Him.
Do I truly love my Jesus enough to patiently wait?
c0pyright 2/22/2015
If you ask Jesus to help you with something he might not come to you right away. Sometimes He will give you the answer with out you even knowing. So being able to wait on Him easy to do...it's not like we are going anywhere soon. Besides, like the old saying says:
ReplyDeletePatience is a virtue.