Jesse talks about 1 John 5:4 and how to live in the Faith Zone. (Video below)
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great
recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have
done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Most of us have a distorted idea about
patience. We think of it as something designed to help us suffer failure
gracefully, but according to these scriptures, it will actually put us
on the path to success!
Patience (or being consistently constant)
is the power twin of faith. They work together to see to it that the
promises of God are fulfilled in your life.
Say, for example, you
need a job. You can go to the Word and see clearly that God promises to
provide your needs. You can see He takes pleasure in the prosperity of
His servants. Once you see that, faith takes hold and you shout,
"Hallelujah, I've got the job I need."
But what happens to that
faith tomorrow morning when you go to three interviews and get turned
down all three times? Then what? That's when patience has to take over!
That's when you have to make a decision to stay constant, to act as if
nothing's changed.
The truth is, if you based your confidence on
the Word of God, nothing has changed. It says exactly the same thing it
said yesterday.
So, if you'll put patience to work, you know what
you're going to say after those three unsuccessful job interviews?
You're going to say, "Hallelujah, I've got the job I need!" just like
you did before.
You see, faith opens the door to God's promise for you; and patience keeps it open until that promise is fulfilled.
Do
you have your faith sights set on a promise of God today, a promise
you've been waiting on for some time? Don't let the delay discourage
you. Put patience to work. The Word guarantees you will receive your
reward.
Scripture Reading:
Hebrews 6:10-15
