Thursday, September 9, 2010
Read Matthew 26:39
By Keith Boggs
Persevere means “to continue, to keep on, to stick with it.” Perseverance is a quality that is missing in much of life today. There are not many people that are continuing. There are not many who are sticking with it, whatever “it” may be. In our culture as soon as things get difficult, many begin to look for a way out. There are also many that do not continue or stick with it because things are not going “their way.” We do not see that in the life of the Lord Jesus.
If anyone persevered, it was and it is Jesus. He continued, He kept on, and He stuck with it. Jesus has always been there and will always be there showing us the way of perseverance. The verse said that "He went a little farther.” The word “farther” means “to go onward” “to pass on.” He is our example in persevering when it gets challenging and difficult for us. Just remember that, “He went a little farther.”
John Phillips writes, “How far He had already come! Out of ivory palaces, into a world of woe! From the pinnacle of glory to that Bethlehem barn! All the long way from the bosom of the Father to the womb of the virgin. He had been to Bethlehem, to Egypt, to Nazareth, to Capernaum and the lake country, around and about Galilee, north and south, east and west, as a pilgrim preacher, an itinerant prophet, and homeless stranger in the world His hands had made. And now He went a little farther. He went that dark and dreadful “second mile.” Trace the steps! Measure the length.”
Go on Lord Jesus, go on!
Appling Truth as an Individual
Is there an area in your life where you can go a little farther?
Applying the Truth as a Church
Can you go the “second mile” for your church over the next several days?
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