Stick to It!

Persevere : The dictionary describes the verb as to: to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly. To persist in speech, interrogation, argument, etc.; insist.

Synonyms for this word could be: hang on, maintain, pursue, remain, continue, go on, carry on.

Deu 30:19 I call Heaven and earth to record today against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your seed may live, 20 so that you may love Jehovah your God, and that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, so that you may dwell in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them.

“Do as you wish and experience the result of that…” Anon

To stay with the problem, not to nurture it but to deal with it, is also my choice. Either I face it and work through it, or I run, just to face the same issue on another day. Experiencing the same emotions of fear, guilt, remorse and much more, all over again.

Heb 3:12 (msg) So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. 13 For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes. 14 If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we're in this with Christ for the long haul.

Today. While it is still today! Not tomorrow or next week or later on. Today. Today I have to deal with the issue at hand. I have to forgive: today. I have to repent: today. Not at some later stage.

And if the issue seems unwilling to go away or be settled: stick to it. Persevere.

Jesus went all the way to the cross. He did not back out half way during the whipping. He did not try to escape while the nails were being driven through His flesh. He knew what prize lay ahead and He stuck it out.

Yes, but He was God, the Son of God. Yes, that is true, but He suffered as a mere man, a mortal, that could feel every whip-crack, that could feel every hammer-blow. Yet, He persevered.

He persevered so that you and I might be equipped, so that you and I may receive the courage and the anointing, to continue, to persevere, no matter what life dumps on us.

I can run, I can hide, I can postpone. But that will never help.

Phi 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Sin, will slow us down, will delay our `reflexes`. To hide and avoid dealing with issues, can become sin. It may become a stumbling block in my life. The sad thing with stumbling blocks are just that – they trip you up and when you fall, you have to get up, dust off, perhaps put a bandage on and all that slows you down.

Think about this. If I refused to be tripped up, If I persevered when I had to – how much further on in life, could I have been. What opportunities have we missed, because we refused to persevere?

Lets make the choice, while today is still today, to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly. Focused on the prize of hearing those words: “well done, you good and faithful servant”