PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
THE SEED
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV
Patience (longsuffering) is grace under delay refusing anxiety when answers seem slow. It is not passivity but Spirit-enabled steadiness that keeps trusting God when sight offers no encouragement. Hannah carried this grace: year after year she prayed, wept, worshiped, and waited. In God’s time, Samuel was born, and her vow became a testimony. Job’s story shows the same jewel from another angle. Loss piled upon loss, yet he clung to God with honest lament and stubborn faith. When the testing ended, God restored him beyond what he had lost. Patience did not make the fire cooler but it kept him in the furnace until God’s purpose was complete. For believers, patience is family resemblance we look like Christ when we endure like Christ. Keep praying, keep obeying, keep showing kindness; God’s delays are never denials, and His timing is always redemptive. Keep waiting well; God is working while you are waiting.
BIBLE READINGS: 1 Samuel 1:8–18
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to display the virtue of patience in my daily life. Amen.
SÙÚRÙ JẸ ÌWÀ RERE
IRUGBIN NAA
Ṣùgbọ́n èso ti Ẹ̀mí ni ìfẹ́, ayọ̀, àlàáfíà, ìpamọ́ra, ìwà pẹ̀lẹ́, ìṣoore, ìgbàgbọ́, ìwà tútù, àti ìkóra-ẹni níjanu: òfin kan kò lòdì sí irú wọ̀nyí – Galatia 5: 22-23
Suuru (ipamora) je oore-ofe nigba to ba da bi wipe nkan ti pẹ́ – ki eniyan má se aniyan nigba ti idahun ba n fa sehin. Kii si se aiko-bi-ara-si bikose imuduro nipa ti Emi eyi ti n gbekele Olorun nigba ti nkan ko ba ri bi a se fé. Hana ní iru oore-ofe yi: ni odun de odun ni o oun gbadura, ti o n sokun, sibe o n sin Olorun o si n duro dee. Nigba ti akoko to loju Olorun, o bi Samueli, ẹ̀jẹ́ Hana si di ẹ̀rí. Ilakoja Joobu naa fi eleyi han. O sọ gbogbo ohun ini re nu, sibe o rọ̀ mo Olorun ninu ekun pelu igbagbo to yè kooro. Nigba ti idanwo re pari, Olorun da gbogbo ohun ti o sonu pada pọ̀ ju tatehinwa lo. Suuru ko ni wipe ina naa rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ – sugbon o muu duro titi ti ipinnu Olorun fi wa si imuse. Fun onigbagbo, suuru je iwa ìbájọra gege bi ebi kan – awa dabi ti Kristi nigba ti a ba ni ifarada bi ti Kristi. Máa gbadura, se igboran, máa se ore. Ifasehin kii se wipe Olorun yóò kọ̀ jálẹ̀ lati da o lohun. Akoko Re yóò ra o pada. Duro deede; Olorun n sise nigba ti iwo n duro.
BIBELI KIKA: 1 Samuel 1: 8-18
ADURA: Jesu Olorun, ran mi lowo lati le fi iwa suuru han ni gbogbo ojo aye mi. Amin.