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"Because you have kept My command to persevere .
. ." - Revelation 3:10
Perseverance means more than endurance— more than simply holding on until the
end. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of
an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, but our Lord
continues to stretch and strain, and every once in a while the saint says, “I
can’t take any more.” Yet God pays no attention; He goes on stretching until His
purpose is in sight, and then He lets the arrow fly. Entrust yourself to God’s
hands. Is there something in your life for which you need perseverance right
now? Maintain your intimate relationship with Jesus Christ through the
perseverance of faith. Proclaim as Job did, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust
Him” ( Job 13:15 ).
Faith is not some weak and pitiful emotion, but is strong and vigorous
confidence built on the fact that God is holy love. And even though you cannot
see Him right now and cannot understand what He is doing, you know Him. Disaster
occurs in your life when you lack the mental composure that comes from
establishing yourself on the eternal truth that God is holy love. Faith is the
supreme effort of your life— throwing yourself with abandon and total confidence
upon God.
God ventured His all in Jesus Christ to save us, and now He wants us to venture
our all with total abandoned confidence in Him. There are areas in our lives
where that faith has not worked in us as yet— places still untouched by the life
of God. There were none of those places in Jesus Christ’s life, and there are to
be none in ours. Jesus prayed, “This is eternal life, that they may know You . .
.” ( John 17:3 ). The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face
anything it has to face without wavering. If we will take this view, life will
become one great romance— a glorious opportunity of seeing wonderful things all
the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.
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