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"Be still, and know that I am God . . ." - Psalm
46:10
Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute
assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen.
Perseverance means more than just hanging on, which may be only exposing our
fear of letting go and falling. Perseverance is our supreme effort of refusing
to believe that our hero is going to be conquered. Our greatest fear is not that
we will be damned, but that somehow Jesus Christ will be defeated. Also, our
fear is that the very things our Lord stood for— love, justice, forgiveness, and
kindness among men— will not win out in the end and will represent an
unattainable goal for us. Then there is the call to spiritual perseverance. A
call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with
certainty that God will never be defeated.
If our hopes seem to be experiencing disappointment right now, it simply means
that they are being purified. Every hope or dream of the human mind will be
fulfilled if it is noble and of God. But one of the greatest stresses in life is
the stress of waiting for God. He brings fulfillment, “because you have kept My
command to persevere . . .” (Revelation 3:10).
Continue to persevere spiritually.
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