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Perseveres [endureth]: to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.
Greek: hypomeno [hoop-om-en’-o]: endure [11], take patiently [2 suffer [1]. remain; figurative to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere :- abide, endure, (take) patient (-ly), suffer, tarry behind. Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary. a strengthened form, denotes "to abide under, to bear up courageously" (under suffering), Matt. 10:22; Matt. 24:13; Mark 13:13; Rom. 12:12, translated "patient;" 1 Cor. 13:7; 2 Tim. 2:10, 12 (AV, "suffer"); Heb. 10:32; Heb. 12:2, 3, 7; Jas. 1:12; Jas. 5:11; 1 Pet. 2:20, "ye shall take it patiently." Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.
Most businesses, marriages, relationships, and important things fail cause of this one word. There are many words in the definition of Love that contribute to this failure, but the message of perseverance is really strong. A large portion of this is the idea of no hope which we will be covering soon. Most of us have been working on one of these principles for a long time and the great discouragement to quit is generally based on the other person and your lack of being able to control their behavior. Well don’t be disappointed, even God can’t intervene for if He would, He would be violating their free will. If ever God would have stepped in and violated free will, it would have been in the Garden of Eden where Eve made the quality decision to do what she knew was wrong.
Well my friend, how often do we give up yet God never judges or condemns us because He sees Jesus and He is satisfied. This is the message of the cross. The scripture for this is 1 Timothy 2:5 (NKJV) “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” You see, Jesus Christ stands in the gap for us where sin {doubt that separates us from God] is concerned. When you miss the mark, God sees Jesus. When you mess up, God sees Jesus. When you doubt His Word, God sees Jesus. This is the true redemption, not works based, but faith based.
So when it comes to struggles that seem so bad that the only way for you to cope is to quit-- DON”T DO IT. And if you have, get back into the game and make your stand. That person or circumstance is not your battle, the devil is your enemy and your stand is against Him. The circumstance or that person will respond to Love, it will be a love decision back to you. God has equipped you by placing this quality inside of you in the form of the Holy Spirit who is God. And remember, God is Love and He lives inside of you to do of His Good pleasure. When you take yourself out of the game, God has nothing to work with. He only needs your holding fast and knowing who you are in Christ and what He has done in you. No condemnation or guilt should be in the believers lives for as was said in 1 Tim 2, Jesus has taken it for us. We can be free to make our stand and Persevere. Your blessings will come faster than you can imagine. We are living in the day of “Speedup” answers and God will do what God said He would do---Persevere [stand] and you will see the salvation of your God.
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