Faith and Patience

Faith partners with patience.

"Imitate those who through faith and patience
inherit the promises."
Hebrews 6:12

Faith and patience go together.
That is part of the nature of faith.
Faith is not about what we can see right now,
it is about what we can't yet see.

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for
[expected], the evidence of things not seen"
Hebrews 11:1

Faith is expecting that which we don't see
which means that there is often a period of
time between the believing and the seeing.

Faith is a seed.
Seeds don't bring an immediate harvest.
We plant the seed, then go about our work,
letting the seed do its work in the ground.

The seed germinates,
then it sprouts,
then it comes up on a stem,
then it puts on its leaves,
then it flowers,
then it come into fruit,
and when the fruit ripens and matures,
it is ready for the harvest.
This process varies from seed to seed, but
every seed goes through this process.
That takes time and patience.