Our text comes from Jesus' answer to a question about the end times. It is a truth that can deliver us from any torment that might come into our life. Understanding this will calm most any situation. This is the greatest source of hope contained in scripture. Everyone of us is engaged in a battle within ourselves that can wear us down and can bring our demise. We have learned how to hide these private battles The simple words of our text is the secret to overcoming: In your patience possess ye your souls. Or as the NLT translates: By standing firm, you will win your souls. In what ever battle we find ourselves, simply enduring will lead to victory. We may get knocked down, but we can get back up. God has set something in motion in our life, and he will not fail or be dissuaded until that is fulfilled. This scripture does not promise that we will not have any more problems. It does not say we will know and more than we know now. We may not have any more insight about our issues, but it gives us an insight to who our God is. It says of we do it, we will win the most important thing: our soul. The Greek word used here for patience is combined of two root words that mean submission and waiting. The exercising of submissive waiting is where we will the war within.


Three areas we must focus on
Patience with ourselves
Patience in our circumstances
Patience with God.


God's timing is not our timing, but it’s the right time.