DCLM Sincere Milk 7 March 2022 — Be patient
DCLM Sincere Milk 7 March 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Be patient
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TOPIC: BE PATIENT
BIBLE TEXT: HEBREWS 10:35-39
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
KEY VERSE: “For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:36).
MESSAGE:
George’s Uncle Timmy who lived abroad promised to send him a bicycle for his excellent performance in his final examinations. He gave the bicycle to his friend who was a merchant, and the man packed it with the cargo he was bringing to the city. On the day the bicycle would arrive, Uncle Timmy called George’s mom to inform her so she could meet his friend at the cargo terminal of the Airline to collect the bicycle. George decided to follow his mom because he was eager to see his new gift. The goods were not collected at the expected time, and George became impatient. He told his mom he was tired and wanted to go home; all her pleas to let them wait for a little more time was in vain, so they left. Almost as soon as they drove out of the terminal, his mom’s phone rang – the goods had been cleared and the man wanted her to quickly come and collect George’s bike. She told him they were no longer in the place but already on their way home. The man told her they would have to see him in two weeks’ time as he was travelling out of the city that night. George started crying and pleading with his mom to return to the place, but she did not grant his request. He learnt his lesson on patience that day.
God’s promises may sometimes be delayed, but they will surely come. Don’t leave the place of God’s visitation, wait patiently for Him. For with God, delay is not denial.
PRAYER: O God, grant me the grace to patiently wait for Your promises to be fulfilled in my life.
FURTHER READING: James 5:7, 8
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
