Friday 10 December 2011
Jesus said: “In patience possess your souls.” Luke 21:19
One of the things I wish for is self-possession; the ability to react to extreme provocation with patience and forbearance. This is not easy because I am often worn down by continual negative commentary, which is often unrelenting and drives me to distraction.
James says: “...the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work.” James 1:3-4
The only consolation I can take from a difficult situation is that it is designed by God for the purpose of producing mature Christian character. But I often feel that I am only expressing my carnal nature as the worst aspects of my character are brought out in anger, irritation, annoyance, impatience, resentment and wrath.
Proverbs 16:32 says: “He who is a slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”
But how is this to be accomplished? Only by continual testing and adjustment it seems!
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