You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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… In James 5 it says this in verse 7, Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also be patient. Establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Paul writes this in Romans chapter 8, verse 24. He says, for in this hope we are saved. Now, hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes in what he sees. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Again, back in the Psalm, Psalm 40 says, I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined to me and he heard my cry. He drew me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and he set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. Later in this book, in Isaiah chapter 40, it says, even youth shall faint and be weary. …
… 2 Timothy says that in the last days, perilous times will come. And James also said, be patient. Establish your hearts. For the coming of the Lord is at hand. James, it's amazing how he says, look, it's going to be a rough ride. Be patient. You know that? God, grant me patience and do it now. Guys, be patient. Establish your hearts. For the coming of the Lord is at hand. We have to understand, at any given moment, He can come. Everything that needs to happen already has happened. I mean, the rapture is imminent. It's amazing how people don't understand that. And what is it that you want Christ to find you when He comes? What is it that you want Him to find you doing? Doing His business. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, in Revelation 12, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea. For the devil has come down to you having great wrath because he knows that he has a short time. …
… that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. James 5, verses 7-11 This is where Christians look, when we've lost our patience, not in the distraction of instant gratification, nor in the elimination of expectations. We don't find patience when our selves are snuffed out, but when we entrust ourselves to the God who is full of mercy and compassion. If you want patience, look for mercy and compassion. There's an old story about an argument between the north wind and the sun, about which one of them was stronger. The north wind said it was him, but the sun didn't think so. To settle the matter, the wind suggested a contest. See that man walking down on the road there? The wind said to the sun. Whichever one of us can take his coat from him is the stronger. I'll go first. So the wind tried to outmatch the sun. He blew and howled and raged with all his might to strip the man of his coat. But the harder he tried, the more stubbornly the man held on to his coat. …