Good morning steadfast ones!

Hebrews 6:11-12 (HCSB) says,

  • Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope, so they you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

I looked up the word, “perseverance” in the Strongs Concordance and it means:

  • Patience
  • Endurance
  • Constancy
  • Steadfastness
  • Persistence

I believe the number one temptation that we face as believers today is the temptation to stop believing that the Word of God is true because we have been standing on a promise for a long time. The above Scripture declares that it is through FAITH AND PATIENCE (PERSISTENCE) we inherit the promises.

Listen to these 4 amazing Scriptures:

    God’s Word is forever settled in heaven (Psalm 119:89)
  • My covenant I will not break, nor alter the Word that has gone out of My lips (Psalm 89:34)
  • You have magnified Your Word above all Your Name (Psalm 138:2)
  • I am ready to perform My Word (Jeremiah 1:12)

Satan does not want you to fulfill your destiny ~ He wants you to give up on yourself, your marriage, and especially on your commitment to God, through discouragement or worse, deception.

He does not like the fact that you got started in your Christian life ~ Now he cannot anything about that, but he will do everything he possibly can to keep you from finishing your race.

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:24,

      • Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

    This is why we have got to tap into THE POWER OF PERSISTENCE.

    We have got to have a made-up mind that whatever comes against us in life, we are going all out with God and nothing is going to shake our faith and cause us to give up.

    Proverbs 24:10 says,

    • If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

    We cannot get down and discouraged every time a little opposition comes across our path. We have got to stand strong and PERSEVERE, day in and day out, in good times and in the tough times.

    Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:13-14a,

    • Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore…

    The people that experience God’s best are the people that have a PERSISTENT attitude towards the Word of God. Anyone can quit ~ anyone can give up ~ that is the easy way out, but God is looking for people that have a backbone made of steel.

    The Bible says in Hebrews 11:6 that God is a REWARDER of those who diligently seek Him. How family? DILIGENTLY!

    God is looking for people that are extremely determined ~ people that have a made-up mind ~ people that have their faces set like flint.

    2 Chronicles 16:9 says,

    • The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.

    They are what? Fully committed to Him!!!

    The Message Translation says,

    • God is always on the alert, constantly on the look out for people who are totally committed to Him.

    How are they committed? Totally!!!

    One of my favorite Scriptures for over 30 years is from 1 Corinthians 15:58 and this is why I am still standing strong today. It says,

    • Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

    Notice those words, “ALWAYS ABOUNDING“. It means that PERSEVERANCE should become a habit, so can quitting and giving up.

    But family, God has not given us the Holy Spirit so we could become quitters. No! Philippians 4:13 says,

    • We can do ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST Who strengthens us.

    I exhort you to latch onto the promises in God’s Word and be determined in your hearts that you are going to stand fast and firm until you see those promises come to pass.

    Let us have a shameless persistence like the man from Luke 11:5-9. Let us have a “bull dog” tenacity. Do not let go until your request is granted. Believe that all of God’s promises are YES AND AMEN (2 Corinthians 1:20).

    Let me remind you that Jesus said in Matthew 19:26 that with men this is impossible, but with God ALL THINGS are possible.

    Isn’t it good to know that when we come to the limit in our own ability, there is a supernatural power that is not limited to the laws of nature?

    Family, we serve a supernatural God!

    I encourage you to show the enemy that you are going to outlast him. Take a new stand today and reposition your feet. Dig your heels in and let the enemy know you are not going anywhere. Continue to PERSEVERE! Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you! (Matthew 6:33)

    Put the kingdom FIRST, which is all that God reigns over ~ His mission, His things. Do not put yourself first! Wake up and say, “Father, what do YOU need? What do YOU want me to do today? What do YOU want accomplished today?”

    Let us consider our ways!

    Being brave and never giving up,

    Lisa Gordon

    Gordon Ministries