Comments on: Perseverance

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:40:33 +0000

This is a great post my friend. What always amazes me is believers seem to miss that seeking God (in any fashion whatsoever) is a present tense, action verb. It is not something we wish for, nor something that we hope to have one day — it requires as much action from us as it did Christ to willingly go to the cross to obey the Father’s will. Just because God wants us does not mean we are automatically in His presence; we must move forward constantly to strengthen our relationship with Him … without delaying because of our own agenda. As I read in Oswald Chambers yesterday he said, “God desires nothing of our old life … There is only one thing God wants of us, and that is our unconditional surrender”.

By: race_12_1

race_12_1 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:32:22 +0000

Lisa-I also love that line because it is so true. Even when we are in trial nothing changes about God! That is what we forget sometimes, and that is when we get discouraged. When we determine to pursue God even when we can’t see what he is doing that is perseverance, when we choose to do what He has said, choose to see Him, act on the knowledge that He does not change-that is perseverance. Keep looking to Him and for what he is doing.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:21:46 +0000

Thanks for sharing what you learned about perseverance. I love the line from Building 429, “I won’t question in the dark, what is true out in the light. I will follow after You through the storm and through the night.” All we need to do is follow HIM. I’m following Him in what I think I’m supposed to be doing with the youth group, but I am soooo out of my element in this. The rest of the team was encouraging me in just what you were talking about, that it takes perseverance.