Sermon by Ps Charmaine at the Faith Community Baptist Church on 17 May 2025
Background
Marvel movies typically shows 2 snippets and this applies as well the "Spiderman: Homecoming". In the 2nd snippet, we have Captain America saying that patience is the key to victory. Patience is also needed to stay true to God. We do not see what we want, we do not get what we want. It's hard.
Scripture:
James 5:7-11 talks about requiring patience in the daily lives of farmers who are waiting for the harvest
Why is patience required to stay true to God? This is so that we can...
1. Experience God's promises
God's promises come to those who wait. Because God loves us, it will always be at the best time. God will not hold back when we are ready. He is pruning us so that we can be ready
- Joseph waited 13 years to receive the call to become a leader in Egypt
- Jacob waited 7 years to marry Rachel to fulfill God's promise to him
- Israelites waiting for 40 years to go into the promised land
- Jesus waited 30 years for his ministry to begin
Patience is needed so that we are ready to walk in God's promises for us.
2. Love God's people
The prophets in the Old Testament has one difficult job which is to turn the people back to God. It is nor easy to change our own bad habit, so much more difficult it is to change others. Patience is the ability to put up with other you normally want to put down.
3. Seek God's presence
There will be some times where we go thru hardship. As we put our hope in God, we can endure knowing that he is sufficient for us.