God Is Patient
God Is Patient
God Is Patient
How God loves his people and how he loves the world.
The book of Jonah is the illustration of John 3:16.
It is also an illustration of Matthew 28:19
‘to go preach God’s message and make disciples’.
FOUR IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF THE LOVE OF GOD
1. GOD’S LOVE IS PROACTIVE
(God takes the first initiative)
2. GOD LOVES PEOPLE
(Imperfect people and God’s love manifested through people)
3. GOD’S LOVE PURSUES
(You can run away from him but he will pursue you)
4. GOD’S LOVE IS POWERFUL
(It will transform lives)
GOD IS
PATIENT
(Jonah 2)
We are discussing about God’s love so that we
will learn how to love others.
The standard of our love is God’s love for us.
God’s love is patiently seeking our highest good.
God is after your highest good.
You may not like it, you may not feel it, and you
may think God does not love you anymore, you
are having problems but the truth is, God is
after your highest good but He’s very patient.
(1) HE WILL LISTEN TO YOU PATIENTLY
Jonas 2:1-2
“Unya didto sa tiyan sa isda, nag-ampo si Jonas sa Ginoo nga
iyang Dios. Miingon siya: (2)Sa akong kalisdanan, O Ginoo,
nagsangpit ako kanimo, ug gitubag mo ako. Didto sa
kalibotan sa mga patay nagpakitabang ako, ug gidungog mo
ako.”
How will you feel if people come to you because they have problem
then he come to you again because they need help? So the only
time they will call you, the only time they will bother you it’s
because they need money, its because they need help.
We only talk to God when we have problems.
You become very prayerful when you have problems.
Because they realize they need God.
1 Timoteo 6:17
“Tambagi ang mga dato nga dili sila magmapahitas-on
ug nga dili magsalig sa bahandi nga dili makahatag ug
kasigurohan, kondili diha sa Dios nga sa walay sukod
naghatag kanato sa tanan aron kita malipay.”
Panultihon 20:30
“Usahay kinahanglan makatilaw kita ug mapait nga
kasinatian una pa mag-usab kita sa atong kinabuhi.”
Job 36:15
“Apan tudloan sa Dios ang tawo pinaagi sa mga pag-
antos, ug gamiton niya ang kalisdanan aron
makasabot sila.”
Salmo 103:8, 11, 13
“Maluluy-on ug mahigugmaon ang Ginoo, dili daling
masuko ug hupong sa gugmang walay paglubad…
(11)Ingon kahabog sa langit ibabaw sa yuta, mao
usab kadako ang iyang gugma kanila nga may
pagtamod kaniya… (13)Ingon kamaluluy-on sa usa ka
amahan sa iyang mga anak, mao usab kamaluluy-on
ang Ginoo kanila nga nagpasidungog kaniya.”
Even you abused him, even you only come to him when you
need help, he will answer you when you call on him
heartily.
The word slow to anger has the idea of being patient.
When Jonah prayed from the heart, God heard him.
Love means you need to listen.
(2) HE WILL DISCIPLINE YOU PATIENTLY
Jonas 2:1-2
“Unya didto sa tiyan sa isda, nag-ampo si Jonas
sa Ginoo nga iyang Dios. Miingon siya: (2)Sa
akong kalisdanan, O Ginoo, nagsangpit ako
kanimo, ug gitubag mo ako. Didto sa
kalibotan sa mga patay nagpakitabang ako,
ug gidungog mo ako.”
Jonah for the first time prayed from the stomach of the
fish. If you are God what will you do?
2 Pedro 3:9
“Ang Ginoo dili maglangan pagtuman sa iyang gisaad sumala
sa gihunahuna sa uban. Apan siya nagpailob kaninyo, kay
dili siya buot nga may usa nga malaglag, kondili nga ang
tanan maghinulsol ug mobiya sa ilang mga sala.”
When you are not obeying God and nothing is happening to you
don’t think that God is not aware of this.
God is just being patient.
The Bible does not say that God is responsible for everything but
God is allowing certain things to happen because he is patiently
at work.
He disciplined you because He just wants you to become a better
person.
Jonas 2:3-4
“Gitambog mo ako sa kahiladman sa dagat,
gilumsan ako sa katubigan, ug mitabon
kanako ang gamhanan mong mga balod.
(4)Nagdahom ako nga gipahilayo na ako
kanimo ug dili na ako makakita pag-usab sa
balaan mong Templo.”
In his prayer, Jonah saw behind human action there is
God who is in control.
There are no accidents in the lives of God’s people only incidents.
God can use incidents in your life to accomplish his
purpose provided you respond properly.
But many times when you encounter trials, the
death of our love ones, when people get sick,
you will be tempted to question God.