[Manna - September 12]
In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19
"LET patience have her perfect work, that ye may
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing," the apostle
explains.
Very evidently patience, therefore, includes
other graces of character—implies their possession to a
certain extent.
Amongst the Lord's people patience
surely must be preceded by faith, and the degree of
patience very generally measures the amount of faith.
The Christian who finds himself impatient and restless
evidently is lacking in faith toward the Lord; for
otherwise he would be able to rest in the Lord's
gracious promises, and wait for their fulfilment.
After
using reasonable diligence and energy he should be
content to leave the results and times and seasons
with the Lord. Z.'03-361 R3245:3