Patient Persistent Labor

 Bible Reading: James 1:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 4 – “ But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

Key Words: But let patience have her perfect work

There are times we must be patient, that is the context of verse 4; but there is also the time we must work with patience, both of which require persistence.

I recently read about a unique experiment involving a long steel bar and a tiny bottle cork.

In the experiment, the heavy bar was suspended on a slender steel chain from a high ceiling.  Near it hung a cork weighing only four grams, suspended by a thin silk thread.  The cork was pulled back, then released to hit the heavy bar.  Nothing happened.

This was repeated over and over, in a rhythmic pattern.  After several minutes the steel bar still hung motionless.  But then it happened, the cork hit the steel bar and a small tremble occurred.  The cork continued to strike and finally the steel bar began the same slow rhythmic swing as the cork.  The swaying of the cork was stopped but the steel bar continued to swing.

The principle is the same as the relentless drip, drip, drip of water which eventually wears away a rock.  If one has patience they can eventually begin to accomplish things that others thought were impossible.  But you must have both patience and persistence in your labor.

Now, go out and do what others thought you could never do!!!

 

                                                                                                        Dr. Mike Rouse

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✞ Always remember, a winner never quits and a quitter never wins.