Patience
Our Spirits Were Made to Soar to a Life Hid in Christ, a Place Where Patience Is Found
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
Never realizing that my only way of escape was to mount up with wings, when I was trying so hard to "flee upon horses" (Isaiah 30:16 KJV), just as the Israelites did before the fall of Jerusalem. Our
"horses" are the wordly ways of escape: entertainment, human companionship, travel, a new job, a new marriage. We mount on these and run off in all directions, desiring to get away from our trouble. Only to learn that patience is not found in any of these
distractions that tend to disturb our souls. The spirit is not made to flee on horses, it must fly on wings.
So what are these spiritual wings? "They that wait on the Lord."
To wait on God God is to be entirely surrendered to Him, to trust
Him perfectly. Therefore, our wings are surrender and trust. The Christian who learns the secret of absolute surrender and perfect trust
will be able to mount up on these wings and take flight to, "heavenly
places in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3 KJV), where one's life is hid with Christ in God, where no earthly annoyance or sorrow has the power
to disburb him. It is completely independent of circumstances; it is the place whaere patience is found. No cage can imprison and no
shackles can bind the believer whose wings have carried him to this height.
The view of life from the patient place is totally different from that of the Christian whose mind is fixed on things here on earth (Colossians 3:2). The caterpillar crawling on the ground has a very
limited view of its surroundings. Yet how different the world appears to that same caterpillar after it develops butterfly wings and soars above the places where it once crawled.
Rising on wings of surrender and trust into the upper territories of the patient life that is in Christ, where a believer becomes "more than a conqueror" (Romans 8:37 KJV). "A life that is hid in Christ"
(Colossians 3:3 KJV), is a life that is lived on wings. "Oh that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. I would flee far
away and stay in the desert; I would hurry to my place of shelter, far
from the tempest and storm" (Psalm 55:6-8 NIV). A life that is hid in
Christ, is where patience is found.
Formats
Book Details
About the Book
Patience brings about maturity, which is a learned ability to respond to the environment in a socially appropriate manner. Lessons of life are meant to grow us into the mature Christian that God would have us to be and it is only through patience that we have the stamina to endure. We want to be mature teachers so that others will patiently follow us as we demonstrate through our experiences hope, as the anchor of our soul.
About the Author
Dr. Yonnie Fowler (Bachelor Degree in Family Life Education from Spring Arbor University; Master and Doctorate Degree in Ministry of the Bible from Covington Theological Seminary). Yonnie was born in Jackson, Michigan, where she resides with her husband Billy whom she married in 1971. They have one son and two daughters and are enjoying the addition of grandchildren. She attends Second Missionary Baptist Church.