The Phil Files

I am not a patient guy. When things don’t happen quickly enough I start pushing, poking and prodding instead of waiting for the LORD’s timing. I know this is a weakness. I am impatient about learning to be faithful to God and to the dreams I believe that he has placed in my heart. So as I read this, it smacked right up alongside my face!

It is better to be patient than powerful; it is better to have self-control than to conquer a city (Proverbs 16:32 NLT).

I am hoping now that my heart can believe what my head knows is truly valuable.

During my prayer time for folks on the prayer list this morning, I came across this passage in my daily Bible reading:

Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death (Psalm 68:20).

For those of us who are believers, there is nothing more true than this. I am reminded of Paul’s powerful words to the Corinthians in two different letters:

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” … But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:54-58)

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

Blessings to you this day as God uses you to be a source of light and life to those around you.