Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? (Romans 2:4 ESV)
God’s Patience
The next few weeks I will be on the road a lot. And I am already impatient for the end of each trip. The source of my impatience, I think, is that the trips are good things… and I both can’t wait for the good things, AND I am slightly unsure that things will be as good as I hope.
But God does not have impatience.
The end of the week is as sure as the beginning, for God. The end of each process is as sure as the beginning for God. The stages along the way are as sure as the beginning, for God.
He knows our end, which means our salvation.
He knows our struggles, which means He knows their end.
He knows our hearts and souls, which means He knows who we WILL be, for a lot longer than who we HAVE been.
He is patient, and our trust in Him enables us to be patient, too.
God Himself is the gift of patience.