Today's encouragement comes from Galatians 6:9, where Paul wrote these words:
"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap [a harvest] if we do not lose heart."Perseverance is difficult. All people who think that they can or will endure in their Christian faith to the end in their own strength, have failed before they even get started. Many who embark on the journey of even the Christian re-ligion with earnest zeal, fall away. Why this is? Much of it is from not counting the cost (Lk. 14:28); but more of it is from not understanding the nature of the trek.
Let us look to the Captain of our souls, Jesus (Heb. 12:2); and be encouraged by the promise that we will reap a rich harvest if we persevere in Him, as His faithful church. That harvest will be revealed in both this world, and in the one to come.
[Puritan quote of the day: "If you love anything, love something better than yourself; and that only is Christ, who is altogether lovely.” —Thomas Watson, in his sermon entitled, "Christ's Loveliness"]
