ENDURANCE

September 23, 2014

One of the traits that a believer should have is endurance – ability to patiently wait. But what we have found out is that it is uncommon among believers of nowadays as with non-believers. We all have a particular timeframe we can endure for, after which we end up giving up forgetting that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Endurance is one of the ingredients of faith because if you cannot patiently wait while trusting God for that which you have asked for, you might end up taking some wrong steps and ending up in the wrong place.

When God said to Abram in Gen 12 that He would bless him and enlarge his coast and all, one thing Abram did was to endure till the fulfillment of those wonderful promises of God concerning him. Heb 6:15 says, “And so, after he (Abram) had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” Had he rushed, he would have ended up missing out on the promise. Job was also a perfect example of someone who exhibited endurance. Even when his wife came to him that he should curse God and die, he never did. He endured those times of pain and in the end, the part 2 of his life was more colorful that the part 1.

Rom 8:18 says, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” A woman lying on the bed in the delivery room endures the pain till the baby comes out, no matter how painful it is, because she knows that the harvest would outweigh the pain. Jesus endured the cross for the glory sake and now He’s referred to as the Savior of the world (Heb 12:2). Never ever think of giving up now, because the glory that is ahead of you is far greater than the pain and trouble you have gone/going through.

Keep on keeping on!

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