“HIS PERFECT PATIENCE!”

 1 Timothy 1:15-16                    (ESV)

“[15] The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the FOREMOST. [16] But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the FOREMOST, JESUS CHRIST might display “HIS PERFECT PATIENCE” as an example to those who were to believe in HIMf or eternal life.”

For MANY YEARS 1 Timothy 1:15 was a verse quoted often by yours truly because, even though I am CHOSEN, I am living in a “broken world” and I STILL sin!!  The King James Version of the aforementioned verse finishes with “….of whom, I am CHIEF”!!!  The Apostle Paul thought that he was the worst person CHOSEN to be one of HIS (CHRIST’S), but if Paul considered me, his opinion would certainly be different??

I have been writing “devotionals” for over a dozen years!!  Wondering why our CREATOR would CHOOSE me is beyond my comprehension?!?  I’M SO GLAD HE DID elect me, for without HIM I would a “lost cause”!!!  “HIS PERFECT PATIENCE” is THE ONLY thing that I can glory in.  Not because I have done anything worthy of salvation, but because JESUS CHRIST displayed “HIS PERFECT PATIENCE” for the FOREMOST of sinners is all I can claim!

Why did HE CHOOSE me?  “But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the FOREMOST (of sinners), JESUS CHRIST might display “HIS PERFECT PATIENCE” as an example to those who were to believe in HIMf or eternal life”.  I can’t explain it any more clearly, but simply because of “HIS PERFECT PATIENCE“!!!