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Today is the last message in the series “Divergent”.
Let’s read our theme verse together.
We are to warn the idle, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
Yes, today we are going to be talking about patience.
Have you ever heard this little poem:
Patience is a virtue,
Possess it if you can.
Possess it if you can.
Found seldom in a woman,
Never in a man.
Full disclosure.
This subject is tough for me.
In my life, patience is a virtue that I think needs constant work.
Is having patience hard for you?
It is for me, but even Guns and Roses understood that we need a little patience.
Perhaps God moved me to Laredo to help me work on patience because I have learned that time here moves at a different pace than it does other places I have lived.
Have you noticed this?
Maybe it is just me.
If you have lived here all your life, you may not even be aware.
Some of you know that I am attempting to learn Spanish and I thought I knew what mañana meant.
I thought that it means “tomorrow morning”, but apparently I was wrong.
I think it means “I’ll get to it when I get to it” because people tell me that they are coming “mañana”, but they don’t come.
They may or may not show up a few days later, but you just got to be patient with them.
Right?
I think God gives us children to teach us patience.
You tell them the say thing day after day, but it is like they have the memory of a goldfish.
Teachers need patience.
Law enforcement officers need patience.
Husbands need patience.
Wives need patience.
Students need patience.
Bosses need patience.
Workers need patience.
Everyone needs to develop patience in their lives.
For some people it is easier than others, but patience is an essential virtue of the Christian life.
What is the biblical definition of patience?
patient - μακροθυμέω - to be longsuffering.
It indicates not giving way to a short or quick temper toward those who fail, but being patient and considerate of them.
The reality is that people will fail us.
People will let us down.
We will fail people and we will let them down.
How will we react when people don’t come through for us?
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be patient with them.
This phrase “be patient with everyone” is the summary statement for the previous three commands.
Dealing with the idle, the discouraged, and the weak will take patience.
These people do not always respond well to those who are trying to help them.
Sometimes you will warn someone who is idle and unwilling to do what it takes to provide for themselves and their family.
Rather than listening to you, they get mad at you and refuse to heed your warning.
Sometimes you will try to encourage someone, but they don’t stop focusing on the negatives in their life.
They are like a “Debbie Downer”.
(Wha wha wha) Sometimes you will try to help someone in need, but they end up biting the hand that is trying to help them.
They don’t “get better”.
It might even feel like they are just using you or trying to get a handout rather than a hand up so to speak.
It is for that reason, Paul said, “Be patient with everyone”.
It is for that reason, Paul said, “Be patient with everyone”.
Patience is a fruit of the Spirit.
(Gal.
5:22)
The person without patience retaliates.
Patience is a fruit of the Spirit which means that patience is not natural.
Being self-centered and selfish is normal.
Being inconsiderate is normal.
Being harsh and short-tempered is normal.
Not waiting on the Lord is natural.
Patience is supernatural.
It is something that the Holy Spirit creates in the lives of believers.
It is a divergence.
Having patience with those who disappoint us, frustrate us, and disregard us is evidence of the Holy Spirit’s presence in our lives.
I like the way the older translations of the Scriptures translate this word.
They use the word “long-suffering” because is paints a clear picture of how a follower of Jesus reacts to the disappointing behaviors of others.
You see, if you are patient, then you will suffer long.
Having patience with people can be a painful and difficult experience.
Maybe you have people in your family, people who may even claim to love Jesus, who are idle.
They aren’t doing what they are supposed to be doing.
You have warned them, but they don’t listen.
It would be natural to give up on them, but it is supernatural to be longsuffering with them.
Maybe you know someone who is just going through a really hard time in life.
They are discouraged, maybe even depressed.
You try to comfort them, but it doesn’t seem to help.
They continue wallowing in their discouragement.
It is natural to just let them be, but it is supernatural to be longsuffering with them.
Maybe you are trying to help those in need, but they have so many needs.
It is natural to get burned out on them, it is supernatural to be longsuffering with them.
The person without patience retaliates when wronged.
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The person without patience retaliates when wronged.
I have heard people try to justify or excuse their lack of patience by saying, “Well, that is just the way I am”.
We live in a society that isn’t interested in doing good for everyone.
We live in a society that is addicted to outrage.
If you don’t believe me just turn on the 24-hour news networks for a little bit.
Go on social media and read the hatred and vitriol that is consuming so many people.
They have even tried to excuse their hatred, anger, and lack of patience by inventing the term “triggered”.
They say, “You triggered me.
Therefore, I have an excuse to lose my temper.”
You did, said, or represent something I don’t like; therefore, I am allowed to do whatever I want to shut you up.
I joke with Karen.
I tell her that I am going on Twitter to see what I am supposed to be outraged about today.
Here is the reality and it really needs to be said.
If wearing a particular hat causes you to lose your temper, let me suggest that the problem may be in you.
If talking about moral issues causes you to type in all caps, let me suggest that the problem may be in you.
If you find yourself reposting memes that are full of hate and spite, let me suggest that the problem may be in you.
The crazy thing to me is that many of the people losing their minds are the people who claim to be the most tolerant.
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