One thing for sure I this life is that not all things come easy. Some demand that you persevere for you to get them. At times you even work that hard and still miss it.Well; you would say life is unfair. I wouldn’t blame you if you did but then, I trust there is some goodness in everyone life and days. If you do not have it today, you will certainly have it tomorrow.
There is this friend o mine who so passionately wanted to join the army. He had all the required documents and even as per the qualifications that were being considered he was good to go. That was immediately after he had finished high school and the results were not yet out. He always had it in him that joining the army was his destiny let alone his greatest desire. It was surprising that at the end of the day he was not chosen as one of the recruits. There was so much corruption involved that he stood no chance. It left him broken but after some time with himself and with God, he was able to rise again and got back to pursuing his big dream.
Following year came and he still went out to try his luck, this time not so confident that he would pass because he feared the same thing that happened the past year would repeat itself again. Infact, this year he had something else to lay his faith and hope in and not only the fact that he had what it took to be recruited. This time he went hoping and trusting God for the best .He was sure that that is what he was created for among other greater things.
He never lost his vision and he never gave up his dream. He held tight on to it and for sure it came to fulfillment. The second time he tried out he was selected among other few and he is now a soldier. It is with no doubt that right things always happen at the right time.
What this young man did was to hold on to his dream even when he at one point felt so weak that he would has easily let it away and look at something else lower than that. Now that is what I call perseverance! Holding on to something even when all things and circumstances dictate that you let go. It can be a relationship, a dream, a faith or any other thing in one’s life that is crucial, right and just.
Hold on to what you have…he who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God…Rev 3:11-12
Those who hold on firmly are awarded richly. They are make pillars i.e, someone that can be relied upon. Someone who can handle great things and watch them stand again from a state of falling. Someone who can establish something from nothing or from a state of destruction to great glory.
You’ll need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised…But my righteous one will live by faith…But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved. Hebrew 10:36-39.
Holding on to your faith is also rewarding. When you hold on to that which you believe in, it will save you.Leting go means you are exposed and that can only lead to destruction.
Persevering for that which is good, just and right is God rewards. He has something special hidden for them. Something made by Him and in his own kitchen.
…to him who overcomes I will give some hidden manna.Rev 2:17
Rev 3:21-To him who overcomes I will give the right to stand to sit with me on my throne just as I have overcome…
Over comers are long suffering/persevering people just as Christ proved to be. He never let go of what He believed was right and just. Our Go also is patience in His loving making Him persevering. He does not let go of his love for us just like that. In fact, He has never let it go. He has always been loving despite the things we do that in one way incite Him to forget His great love for us.
Mvumilivu ni kweli hula mbivu!!
