Most of us know that we need to be patient, but we may not understand how. Patience has to do with our relationship with God. Trying to be patient is a struggle sure to fail based only on will power. We may desire to be patient without understanding how.
Patience is a fruit of God's Spirit, never from sheer will power. Patience is evidence that the Holy Spirit is working in us. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience (Galatians 5:22). We cannot be patient without yielding to the Holy Spirit. He will do through us, what we cannot do without Him. Our relationship with God's Spirit produces good fruit, including patience.
God's love produces patience within us. Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13:4). To be patient means we are filled with God's love. Patience is a characteristic of love. Ask God to fill you with the love of His Spirit. Patience will be a result. Impatience is a sure sign that we are not yielded to God's love.
God is love (1 John 4:8). As a result, God is patient and kind to us. Likewise, He wants us to be patient and kind to others. When we are not, it is a warning that we are not yielded to God's Spirit. We yield to Him to do in us what we cannot do ourselves. Submitting to the Holy Spirit is living in love and patience. God's love is patient and kind.
