Should We Pray For Patience?
Should We Pray For Patience?
ByDo you fear praying for patience? Many people fear praying for patience due to the fact that it might bring about more instances in which they will have to be more patient.
I’ll never forget, years ago I was in a meeting at work and I mentioned that I was praying for more patience. The response I got sort of disappointed me because I was told that you should never pray for patience.
Needless to say when I left the meeting that rang in my thoughts because I thought, “well, whose to say what I pray for? I can pray for whatever I want in life.” However the more I thought about it I weighed the fact that when someone tells you not to pray for patience, what they are really saying is that when you pray for patience, you may get what you asked for but you’ll never get anywhere in life because you’re putting everything ahead of yourself.
My friend I want to remind you that patience is a virtue. In Romans 5:3, Paul said, “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience.”
The scripture should hit close to home for us because it reminds us that we should glory in those opportunities that causes us to exercise patience. Remember that practice makes perfect.
We can pray for patience but how will we ever know that our prayers have been answered unless we are faced with the trials that bring on the opportunity to exercise patience. Michael Jordan didn’t become the star that he was by only praying and not acting on it. No, he had to spend countless hours practicing on the basketball court.
It took him putting himself in a place where he could practice until his skill was made perfect. What am I saying? Yes it is okay to pray for patience but fear not, trials will come but let us rejoice and glory in those tribulations. After all, it’s those tribulations that will bring us strength as we go forth in our life journey.
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