Today’s Scripture “Love is patient”
(I Corinthians 13:4)
First Fruit – Love Jesus is Love! Love is your First-Fruit! The word “patience” means “consistent faith”. Quite unlike how we think the word patience means when we say — “I’m just patiently waiting on the LORD to heal me — to show me what to do — to help me get over being hurt — to get over hurting?” Beloved, the opposite word of patience is “impatience”. Impatience is “inconsistent faith” — selfishness with time. No one likes to waste time! No one likes their time taken up with silly, harming things! People get in your way — slow things down! So you may think it is okay to burn them with “impatience”! Patience, consistent faith — recognizes that we share time with others — time is not just our time! Time is God’s Time! God is Time! Patience (consistent faith) knows many factors are at work! Some things are sped up with encouragement. Fires of condemnation, anger, retribution never work. The best way for shutting down fires of impatience (inconsistent faith) is — Great Love. If you are being impatient with someone, or some thing — check your LOVE Thermometer! When your Love Thermometer is reading real low to below zero — you might be thinking, talking, acting hurt, offended, angry, anxious, controlling, condemning, critical, fearful, worried! I Corinthians 13:4 says — “LOVE is patient.” Love is a First–Fruit hanging from the Tree of Galatians 5:22. It’s the very most important First-Fruit — The Fruit. The Seeds of Love produce the harvest of all other Blessing fruits — joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forgiveness, goodness . . . ! Yes! So! Since you have the Holy Spirit — then you have the privilege — of making patience (consistent faith), Love, Jesus — your First Fruit! A very valuable, treasured part of your life. The Book of Revelations speaks of a whole church denomiation forgetting their “First Love Jesus” in the last of His last days of the Coming of Jesus! Remember always Jesus — your First-Love Jesus (Revelations)! Thankfully — joyfully, generously sow Love. Sow Almighty Father God is always patient (consistently faithful) — loving! Boldly sow, operating in His patience (consistent faith) Love! Your very Blessed life is your FIRST FRUIT — LOVE — JESUS! In Jesus’ Name,
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