“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”
Charles Spurgeon
To persevere, you must be in pursuit of something. Pursuing something is what I would call ‘journey’ language. Do you give much thought to the journey you are on? I know. It is difficult and overwhelming to ponder the road when there are so many hills and valley’s to travel through. Most of us do well most of the time just to keep on the road! I want you to ask yourself today what is it that you are pursuing that is causing great perseverance in you? Take a deep breath….let the Lord encourage or convict your heart.
In Beth Moore’s bible study Stepping Up, she speaks to four ways we can journey well.
- First, survey the road you are on.
Why? Because not everything is obvious.
- Second, let go of the loads God wants to loosen.
Or as Beth says it, “Let it go while He is still in it.”
- Third, take the next step with the next strength.
Who is your strength coach?
- Fourth, know with certainty that the destination is worth the trip.
Here is some scripture to encourage as you contemplate who and what you are pursuing.
“There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!” Hebrew 5:3-4 The Message.
“Meanwhile, the saints stand passionately patient, keeping God's commands, staying faithful to Jesus.” Rev. 14:12 The Message
We could write some posts on some of the verbiage in those passages!! Great words. As you journey today are you passionately patient? Are you filled with alert expectancy? I will be so bold to say that if your pursuit is of the Lord then your daily perseverance is filled with his worth language. And His worth language is His primary love language and that primary love language was poured out in sufficiency for your journey (2 Corinthians 12:9). Not because our pursuit is worthy or our perseverance is worthy, actually we are not worthy, but Christ is and He was poured out for you.
O Mighty God, may we fall at the foot of the cross today. Seeing the blood spattered ground and recognizing that no journey is as difficult as the one Christ took on our behalf. We praise you for being a father that will not leave us or forsake us. May we pursue only you. Protect us on the journey. We praise your Holy Name.
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