(Heb 6:12 AMP) In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.
I believe this message will bless you:
1. It is not the will of God that we become spiritual sluggards. We are to live for Christ all the days of our lives. You cannot retire from being a Christian. Every day you live should be a day you live for Christ.
2. We should be imitators of faith: We should seek both biblical and living examples of people who have experienced success in God through faith; people that have placed their confidence in God’s power, wisdom, and goodness. If it worked for them and we imitate their faith (also see Heb 13:7), it will also work for us. God honors faith.
3. We should be initiators of patience: We should seek both biblical and living examples of people who have experienced success in God through patience; people who practice patient endurance until they see the reality of their faith.
4. We must be confident that we can also obtain the promises of God through faith and patience: We looked at example after example of people operating in faith and patience to obtain the promises of God. Peter tells us that we have “like precious faith” (2 Pet 1:1). In other words, Elijah, Joseph, Daniel, Paul, James, etc.; all operated in faith and we – as Born-Again believers – have the same faith. They did not get a different kind of faith. We have the same bible, the same promises, and the same faith. If we operate in the same faith, coupled with the same patience, we will also obtain the promises of God.
