BE PATIENT AND PERSEVERING

at October 27, 2026

Some of the most important traits that a Christian should have are PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE and the ability to ENDURE in the face of our struggles. The success of how we face and overcome suffering is determined by these three traits. The stronger these traits in us, the firmer our stance in the face of storms, struggles and suffering. However, the key to any success is when a Christian learns to use these above traits, by trusting and depending upon the LORD Jesus. This is what all those great men and women of God who have walked before us would teach us by the lives, and how they handled adversity, struggles and storms.
– “7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! 10 My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord – that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.” – James 5:7-11

James exhorts Christians of the early Church to be patient in all things, and to persevere with determination in every situation we encounter. James gives three very fine examples. Firstly, the farmer who patiently waits for the rain. Secondly, the prophets of old, who were enduring suffering patiently. Thirdly, Job the righteous man, and his perseverance in the face of unheard of, and intense suffering poured upon him overnight.
– “[James calls]…believers to steadfast endurance…Just as a farmer willingly waits through uncontrollable seasons for a valuable harvest, Christians are to wait through trials, trusting God to send the “rains” that mature both their character and their ministry. Confidence in the Lord’s timing turns patience from passive waiting into active, hopeful perseverance (1 Corinthians 15:58).” – Berean Study Bible Notes

Dear brothers and sisters, the key to a steady Christian walk in this world is to be patient, and to persevere, as an act of walking in faith and obedience to the LORD Jesus, who called us out of darkness into His marvellous light, in the face all the struggles and storms being faced in our lives. Even so, the LORD Jesus help us.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for?…God brought about things in Job’s case, so as plainly to prove that he is very pitiful and of tender mercy…Let us serve our God, and bear our trials, as those who believe that the end will crown all. Our eternal happiness is safe if we trust to him: all else is mere vanity, which soon will be done with for ever.

– – Matthew Henry