Joy, Patience and Faith

Romans 12:12 “When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful.” ~NIRV

When we make it through any trial or suffering and know it was God who brought us through; we have a new boldness about ourselves. We begin to understand that this journey we are on cannot be done under our own power. This should give us some type of ‘relief’.

In other words, those old sayings that contained “I” in them, we no longer need. Sayings like, “I don’t know what to do!” “I’m stuck, where do I go from here?” Now we know that God is our guide, our protector and our healer. We know that this journey was created for us by Him and by Him we need to follow.

Therefore when we “…hope, be joyful.” Allow the Holy Spirit to feed on our joy that was given to us by God through what we have already endured. The spirit will then intercede and pray for the blessing God has custom made for us.

As we go through our trials, we must be patient. There are lessons to be learned; visuals that need to be seeded in our hearts that will become tools within our spirits that God will use to bless others He places in our paths.

And when we pray, we do it with bold, doubtless, worry free conviction. Allowing our faith to have its strength in God’s love, power and mercy for the purpose He created in us. So that when we are complete, with all this scripture feeding into our spirits, verse 13 continues, “…share with God’s people who are in need.”

The power of Jesus’ strength at the cross is in us, who believe. It is this power that will help us endure everything and anything this world attempts, in order to keep us away from the promises of God. When God gives us victory over that, it is our duty to pass that power of victory, on to those God places in our paths. Passing on these powerful tools of joy, patience and faith.

May God continue to keep you, guide you and protect you on your journey in Jesus’ name.

Amen

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