Quote for the Day
“And so after waiting patiently…”
Today's Prayer
This week pray for God to give you the strength to be patient with Him. This is a dangerous prayer as it will cause you to be stretched – that is also why it is an exciting prayer!
Hebrews 6:13-20
Hebrews 6:13-20 (NIV)13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. 16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
Message
Patience is a virtue that we all seem to lack. Infants show no patience as they scream to be fed or changed. Toddlers and little ones are normally patient for all of two minutes. Into the teen years it seems that patience is something lost eons ago. Finally, as adults we know how to preach patience, but few know how to live it. We hear of the patience of Job, a man stripped of all he had and yet, in his newly minted poverty and illness, praised God for His mercy and grace. A mighty act of patience is to see the world as God does: a completed act with daily events going just as God has planned. God made a promise to Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation. Abraham was very old and had a barren wife, yet God still was in control. What did Abraham do? He was patient with God. Hebrews gives us the ultimate encouragement for our patience. Verse 19 says, “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” The hope and anchor is God’s promise to hold our future in His hands. What is your hope and anchor today?