Through Faith and Patience

Hebrews 6:12
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

It can be so easy to be lazy in our faith, can’t it? I know I am guilty of it more often than I would like to admit. Life happens, and so many other things draw our attention. And in this day of immediate gratification, we begin to allow ourselves to think that God works in the same way. But, alas, He does not. God has His own time-table, and generally it involves patience.

I love that this verse reminds us that we receive the promises of God through faith and patience. We must believe they will come and then wait patiently for them. Look at Abraham - he had to wait 15 years for his promised son from God. "Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised." (Romans 4:20-21) We must be the same, holding fast to the promise of God - for what He has promised He will do - giving Him glory and praise.

So, let’s persevere in our faith, being patient for the promises of God. Let us hold fast to His Word, where we find His precious promises, and seek Him daily, so that this adventure we call life would be full and complete!