{"id":52,"date":"2003-10-05T20:50:03","date_gmt":"2003-10-06T00:50:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"taking-things-patiently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/taking-things-patiently\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Things Patiently"},"content":{"rendered":"

F. B. Meyer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

What glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
\n take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this
\nis acceptable with God.”? (1?Peter 2:20)<\/i><\/p>\n

The servants <\/i>here addressed were the household servants and
\nslaves, so largely employed in the great establishments of that age. Wealth and position
\nmade special boast of the vast number of dependents that were maintained. Life was held
\ncheaply enough; and when a slave was once purchased, he cost little to keep. The Roman
\nempire swarmed with bondmen; and they became her ruin.

It is not surprising that large numbers of these poor creatures fled to
\nthe shelter of the Christian church, as the outcast seeks fire and food. There at least
\nwas liberty for the captives, and love and equality between slave and owner, master and
\nservant. The purchase of the soul of the slave had cost the Son of God an equal amount of
\nsuffering with that He had endured for the wealthiest. The love that bent over the hut
\nwhere an Onesimus sheltered, was as strong and tender as that which pleaded with a
\nPhilemon. The heaven which awaited the dying Lazarus, was as fair as that which beckoned a
\nmartyr Apostle. And so there was in the Gospel a marvellous fascination for the slave; and
\nif we may found any conclusion on the fact that large portions of the Epistles are
\naddressed to them, and that some of the noblest passages are written for their special
\nbenefit, we must admit not only that they were to be found on the church rolls, but that
\nthe sacred writers entertained towards them a strong and tender sympathy.<\/p>\n

The one message which the Spirit of God had for them, and which is so
\noften repeated , may be gathered up in the words: Submit, endure; be subject; take it
\npatiently.<\/i><\/p>\n

We must remember that they were not able to give notice and leave at
\ntheir will. Wherever they could do this, without blame, and without detriment to the trust
\ncommitted to them by God or man, they were at perfect liberty to do so. “If thou
\nmayest be made free, use it rather” (1?Cor. 7:21). <\/i>But this was seldom
\npossible. For the most part they had no alternative but to stay where they were till death
\nreleased them. It was to such that these special exhortations came.<\/p>\n

There is a great restlessness among employees throughout society.
\nServants giving notice. Young people trying to better themselves. Men changing from
\nsituation to situation. As a rule, there is not much gained, even in a worldly point of
\nview, from successive changes. It is the steady plodding life which most quickly leads to
\nsuccess and comfort. Still, there is no sin in making a change, if it be not made simply
\nfrom selfish motives, or with an eye to worldly advantage. When the Christian testimony
\nhas been clearly given, and perhaps clearly rejected; when our presence is rather an
\nirritant to ungodliness than a persuasive to Christ; when we feel able to ask God clearly
\nto open another door for us, and He has done as we request; when it is possible to take
\nanother position without compromising the interests committed to our care; when we can do
\nbetter for the kingdom of Christ by a change – then <\/i>there is assuredly no reason
\nagainst it.<\/p>\n

But in many cases, as with these household servants, there is no
\nhonorable way out of a position in which God seems to have wedged us. We may be in daily
\ncontact with grinding tyranny; with almost unbearable cruelty; with an envenomed tongue;
\nwith an irritating, captious, trying temper, never satisfied, never pleased – a child with
\nthe mother; a nurse with an invalid; an apprentice with an employer; a woman with her
\nhusband – in some position which must be borne to the end. Here then is the unfailing
\nDivine recipe: when reviled, do not revile again; when buffeted though doing well, do not
\nretaliate; when unjustly accused or punished, be still and take it patiently. And out of
\nall this will come a life which shall not only be like His life who hath set us an
\nexample, but which shall also exert a remedial and saving influence on the most violent
\nopposers of his Gospel, while it mounts up to God as an odor of a sweet smell, eliciting
\nhis smile of loving approbation.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I. Buffeted for Faults<\/i><\/b>. We have all made mistakes, and know
\nwhat it is to be reprimanded or punished. But under such circumstances we have had no just
\nground for complaint; and our true policy when so situated must be not to excuse
\nourselves, nor to cast the blame on others or on our circumstances; not to flash forth
\nwith indignant words; but to take it patiently – or if speaking, to confess our wrong, and
\nask to be forgiven.<\/p>\n

In this the royal Psalmist has set us a memorable example. When he was
\nslowly descending the long slope of Olivet towards the Jordan, there came out a man of the
\nhouse of Saul, whose name was Shimei, “and as David and his men went by the way, he
\nwent along on the hill?s side over against them, and cursed as he went, and threw
\nstones at him, and cast dust”. And Abishai chafed at it, and asked permission to
\nquench his abuse in blood. “No”, said the king, “let him curse; because the
\nLord hath said unto him, Curse David” (2 Sam. 16:5-13).<\/p>\n

It was as though he felt that his sin demanded public reprimand, and he
\nmeekly accepted the permission of God as his appointment. In such a spirit as this should
\nwe bear all buffeting which comes to us for our faults. Be still. Sit alone and keep
\nsilence. Put your mouth in the dust. Give your cheek to him that smiteth you. The Lord
\nwill not cast you off for ever; He will take you again to Himself. Only remember there is
\nnothing to glory over in this. It is your common duty. “Let patience have her perfect
\nwork, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing” (Ja. 1:4). <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

II. Buffeted, Though Doing Well<\/b>.<\/i> Our superiors, or
\nemployers, may be froward, difficult to please, always finding fault; and, though we do
\nour very best, we may meet with nothing but buffeting and rebuke. Still, we are to take it
\npatiently.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

There is no harm in quietly and temperately explaining the untruth or
\nthe unreasonableness of the accusation; <\/i>or in showing how we have striven to do our
\nbest. When our Master was accused of casting out devils by collusion with their prince, He
\nshowed how unreasonable the charge was; and when smitten with the palm of the hand, He
\nsaid: “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou
\nMe?” (Jn. 18:23) It is open for us to give a soft answer like this; but if it does
\nnot turn away wrath, we must “take it patiently”.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Be sure that your patience is not mean-spirited cowardice. <\/i>There is
\nno virtue in that. But let it arise from conscience toward God. Offer your soul?s
\npatient endurance to God upon that altar which sanctifies the gift; and the motive which
\nprompts the sacrifice will be precious in his sight. “This is thankworthy.”
\n“This is acceptable with God” (1 Pet. 2:19.20). And the Greek might bear such a
\nrendering as this: God says, Thank you. <\/i>Yes, so it is. If in some great house some
\npoor servant, or if in a school some persecuted child, will dare for God?s sake, to
\nchoke back the passionate outburst of indignation, and to endure grief, suffering
\nwrongfully, there is a thrill of delight stated through the very heart of God, and from
\nthe throne God stoops to say, Thank you. <\/i>The hero-explorer may be thanked by his
\ncountry and his Queen; but the weakest and obscurest saint may receive the thanks of the
\nAlmighty.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

We may cultivate this grace of patience by many considerations. <\/i>Though
\nthat particular allegation may be wrong, yet there have been many occasions in our lives
\nwhen we have received more praise or thanks than were our due. Balance one against the
\nother. And such is the evil of our hearts, that the germs of sins, which have been wrongly
\nimputed to us, are latent, and only await the opportunity of breaking out; they would have
\nbroken out before, but for the grace of God. Besides, does not this desire to receive the
\npraise and esteem of all betoken a very worldly heart? Why should we want human applause?
\nIf we had our desserts, instead of one buffet in a life of caresses, we should have but
\none caress in a storm of buffetings. If the sinless, guileless Savior was dumb as a sheep
\nbefore its shearers amid the torrents of abuse that beset Him, surely it becomes us to be
\nstill, for there are plenty of causes for rebuke in us, to justify the worst things ever
\nsaid against us, and many worse than these. Our case is like that of a criminal who had
\nbetter hear quietly a sentence for a crime he has not committed, lest by too much outcry
\nhe induce investigation into a list of offences, which are not charged against him,
\nbecause not known.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

And in addition, let us think tenderly of the condition of our
\npersecutors. <\/i>Alas, for them! How sad, how pitiable are they. Surely they need pity
\nrather than wrath, mercy more than vehemence. Perhaps our uncomplaining meekness may touch
\nthem as no words of indignation would; as the sighs and agonies of the early martyrs were
\npricks and goads in the consciences of their persecutors, driving them to the Lord.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Moreover, it is after all but a small thing to be judged by man. <\/i>If
\nhe praise, what does it amount to? If he blame, what is it but a puff of smoke, a blank
\ncartridge, a meteor exploding in the air? Life at the longest is short. Eternity is near,
\neven at the doors. And the kiss of God, as we step across the threshold of his
\npresence-chamber, will make us even thankful to have been put into such circumstances of
\nrebuke as enabled us to win so large a reward.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

And is it for a moment to be supposed that God will not vindicate us? <\/i>Of
\ncourse He will. “Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto
\nHim? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily” (Lk. 18:7,8). “He will bring
\nto light the hidden things of darkness” (1 Cor. 4:5). “He shall bring forth thy
\nrighteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday” (Ps. 37:6). We can
\nafford, then, to give place unto wrath, since He has said, “Vengeance belongeth unto
\nme; I will recompense” (Rom. 12:19). Let us commit ourselves, as Jesus did, to Him
\nwho judgeth righteously, and we shall find that He will clear us and cause our enemies to
\nbite the dust, as when Haman led Mordecai in triumph through the streets of Shushan.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

III. The Inducements to Patient Endurance<\/i><\/b>:<\/p>\n

(1) As we have already seen, God says, Thank you. <\/i>And those
\nthanks will be heard one day by the raptured soul, as it stands almost dazed in his
\npresence. “When did I aught to deserve all this?” And in answer, many a trivial
\nand forgotten incident of Christian gentleness and meekness under misrepresentation and
\nrebuke, will be recalled. “This, soul, I beheld in thee; and it made Me glad.
\nWelcome! and well done!”<\/p>\n

(2) For this we were called. <\/i>Not to be happy, or saved, or
\nglorified, but to suffer as Jesus suffered. He was the Master of the house, but they spat
\non Him, smote Him, derided and crucified Him; yet He threatened not. And we have been
\ncalled to live His life. To make his meaning clear, the Apostle uses words which children
\ncould follow. When the Greek schoolmaster taught writing, he made his letters faintly, and
\nthe scholar wrote over his outlines. This is the Apostle?s thought, and we have been
\ncalled to repeat each line and turn and curve of the Master?s life, so that the world
\nmay ever have a living copy of His life before its eyes. “Leaving an example”.<\/p>\n

(3) We know we are on the right way for our home. <\/i>Our Master has
\ngone through the world, leaving traces of his path behind Him; as in the dense bush of
\nAustralia a man will blaze the trunks or snap the twigs, that those who follow may find
\nthe way. So, as we encounter hatred and rebuke – not for our misdeeds but because we
\nbelong to Christ – and are able to bear it patiently, we are sure that we are on His
\ntrack; which leads down into the grave, and through it to the Resurrection lawns, and up
\nthe Ascension steeps, to the banks of the river of water of life, where they follow the
\nLamb whithersoever He goeth.<\/p>\n

And is this patience possible? Not to your unaided efforts; but as the
\ngift of the God of Patience through the Holy Spirit. Thrice we are told of the patience of
\nJesus, who bore threat and wrong without a word of retaliatory threat. Oh, marvellous
\ngrace! And it was wrought out by Him, not for Himself alone, but for all who believe. It
\nawaits our appropriation. Let us claim it in all moments of irritation and calumny, saying
\nwith Robert Hall, “Calm me, Lamb of God, calm me!” or whispering softly,
\n“Thy patience, Lord!” So may God the Holy Spirit direct you into the patience of
\nJesus Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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