From pastor Chuck Swindoll, a much needed lesson on Persistence. Made me think of a recent lesson by my friend Ray Pritchard on not giving up! I once heard about a couple of men who were working alongside the inventor Thomas Edison. Weary to the point of exasperation, one man sighed, What a waste! We have tried no less than seven hundred experiments and nothing has worked. We are not a bit better off than when we started. With an optimistic twinkle in his eye, Edison quipped, Oh, yes, we are! We now know seven hundred things that wont work. Were closer than weve ever been before. With that, he rolled up his sleeves and plunged back in. If necessity is the mother of invention, persistence is certainly the father. God honors it. Maybe because He models it so well. His love for His people, the Jews, persists to this very day, even though they have disobeyed Him more often than they have loved Him in return. And just think of His patient persistence in continually reaching out to the lost, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). And how about His persistence with us? You and I can recall one time after another when He could have (and should have!) wiped us out of the human race, but He didnt. Why? The answer is in Philippians 1:6: He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (NIV). The One who began will continue right up to the end. Being the original finisher, He will persist. Im comforted to know He wont be talked out of a plan that has to do with developing me. I need help! Dont you?
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:04:09 +0000
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