Skip to main content

IBS 13 - Colossians 1:11

Colossians 1:11
“Being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.”
I can’t be patient without God. I can’t do anything without God. I was not born a patient person. I was actually born a month early because I’m so impatient. I used to get mad when I would get impatient, and I’d get in a lot of trouble for it. Patience is something I’ve had to work on my whole life. 
For me, it isn’t just waiting your turn or something, it’s living in the moment you have. I get impatient for the future. Wherever I’m at in the present, I become restless and I can’t wait for what’s to come. That’s not good. I focus so much on my future that I’m not living in the present. God has shown me so many times that I don’t need to think about life ahead, I need to be patient for that, and live completely in the time God’s provided for me now. I look back to when I was younger and I see this little girl dreaming of the day she’d be a teen, in high school, driving, graduating. I was so impatient and wanted the future to be now. Even being here in Ignite I think about my field placement and I’m growing impatient to get there. I have so much growing, though, and I need to be patient for that time. God needs to teach me so many more lessons in these next two months that I don’t have time to think about the future.  
I’ve learned that the time we have is all we get. I can’t be impatient for what the future holds and I need to love the moment I’m in. Patience is key and is something I have to work on everyday. 


Application: I’ll write patience on my arm to remind me that I need to have this gift. To live in the moment as much as possible. Thalia will hold me accountable and make sure patience is written on my arm all through out the day and that I’m practicing patience. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IBS 11 - Luke 8:11-15

Luke 8:11-15 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while but in the time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are chocked by life’s worries, riches, and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” I’ve been all of these. I’ve had times in my life where I heard, and then the devil came and took away the word from my heart. I didn’t believe and was fully living in the world. I heard the word, but it went in one ear and out the other. I didn’t ever think about ...
Post a Comment
Read more

IBS 75 - Jeremiah 17:7

Jeremiah 17:7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.” I am someone who likes to do things myself. I like to trust what’s seen. I like to rely on on strength that’s visible. I have found that I normally trust in man more then I do God. But I have also found, that the more I do that, the more of a distance builds with Christ and I. The more I do that the more I realize how much man fails, how often people leave. Verse 5 of Jeremiah 17 says, “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns was from the Lord.”  I say I’m a Christian. Therefore, I need to put my confidence in Him. Christian means little Christ. I’m supposed to act like Christ, and I can’t do that if I don’t have confidence in Him. If I don’t trust Him the way I should. I say I trust Him, but it’s not just head response, it’s heart response ( The Making of a Man of God). To trust in Him is a wonderful thing. Having complete conf...
Post a Comment
Read more

BS 46 - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” Everyone competing goes into strict training. They work hard, disciplining themselves, and spend most of their time practicing. They do not become lazy, they fight through the exhaustion. Yet, their end result is a prize that will not last eternally. It’s earthly and worthless in the Kingdom of God. But 1 Corinthians tells us to be like that. To work hard, being disciplined, spending all our time training. To not become lazy. For our prize wi...
Post a Comment
Read more