PERSISTENCE PAYS

Persistence, perseverance, endurance. Words that make the flesh cringe, but are necessary to experience the harvest of God's blessing and goodness.

God's will for you is never to give up, throw in the towel, stop, or quit. The tragedy is that quitting forfeits what could be, should be, and will be. Many times we are going along in a direction God is leading us and the trials of life, pressure, stress, and the absence of blessing causes us to stop rather than persisting. So we stop praying cause we see no answers. We give up on our marriage because we simply "fall out of love." We quit serving in the church. We stop going to church. We refuse to read the Word of God. And the list goes on!

What we need to realize is that the requirement to what God wants to bless us with is persistence. Abraham persisted in waiting for his promised son. David waited to take the throne after he was anointed to be king of Israel. Jeremiah preached for 40 years without a person repenting. Namaan had to dip in the river 7 times before his healing. Jesus said to persist in prayer in the parable of the unjust judge. Paul said not to grow weary in doing good for at the right time, the harvest will come.

Are you persisting? What you give up? What great blessing are you forfeiting because you want to quit? God never said he would answer right away, but He does promise to be faithful and bless you as you consistently obey and follow Him.

Persistence in one's life is the proof of one's faith in what God has said. Be persistent, endure, persevere. The blessing is worth the wait!