We recently attended a family camp and the theme was perseverance. Wow, no word could have been more applicable to our lives right now.
You see, we are in the process of building our own home this summer and my amazing husband is doing the majority of work himself. We started the building process in May and we’re in great need of the reminder to persevere even though it’s getting tough. For the last, honestly I don’t even know how many weeks it’s been, my husband has been working on the electrical and plumbing. We knew these areas would possibly be the hardest because we are not familiar with how to do either, we would be learning as we went. And since it’s taken so long it’s easy to begin to lose heart, to lose motivation, to lose the desire to keep going. But we know winter is coming and we need a roof over our heads because a camper will not be sufficient to live in during our Northern winters.
We must persevere even though we don’t feel like it.
It’s not easy.
It doesn’t feel good.
It’s uncomfortable.
Again, we are faced with a choice. Do we persevere or do we give up and quit?
Jesus tells us in Romans 5:3-5, “but we also glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
We have a Helper, the Holy Spirit, and He is doing a work in our lives as we make the choice to persevere. He is molding and shaping our character and making us more like Him if we allow Him to. No it may not feel good for a time. Yes it’s probably uncomfortable. But we have hope in Jesus Christ, that no matter what we are going through He is with us and He is doing a work and because of that we can persevere!
What work is the Lord doing in your life right now? What is He teaching you through this situation? Are you allowing Him to mold and shape you into who He desires you to be?
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