ENDURANCE
HEBREWS 6:15
Endurance is the ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved", Matthew 24:13.
That is a powerful statement!
Father, I ask that you will open our eyes to the revelation behind this powerful scripture in Jesus name, Amen.
Endurance, perseverance and longsuffering originate from the same root but with little little differences in their meaning and they are all fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22.
Long suffering is having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.
Persistence is continuing doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.
Endurance is a word many christians don't like to hear. But the truth is whoever cannot endure cannot get anything from God.
The Bible says concerning Abraham, "And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise", Hebrews 6:15.
The promises of God are given to those who will not be weary in well doing.
The bible says, "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, Hebrews 3:14. Read also, Hebrews3:6
If you get what I am about to teach you today it will change your life forever.
If you will see any major move of God in your life, endurance is one word you must embrace.
Endurance is a fruit of the Spirit. By this I mean, it is a bye product of walking with God over time.
Patience is another fruit of the Spirit, a bye product of walking with God over time. All these things are learned, they are not gifts.
You don't possess these things at the beginning of your walk with God, they come out along the way.
Fruits of the Spirit are what come out of our relationship with God, they are not what start it.
They are things that come out of our lives (through learning) from our walk with God.
So if you are a Christian and you are not patient or you hate to endure, you shouldn't feel bad.
It is not what determines your relationship with God or His acceptance of you but what comes out of it.
Patience is having faith over a long period of time.
Jesus on speaking to the seven churches in the book of revelation made some statements that was common to all the seven churches. "He that overcome, him will I give this to, or made to have this or that".
To be an overcomer you must learn how to endure.
Whenever most people hear the word endurance what comes to mind is hardship and suffering but that word is more than that as ee see from the definition above.
If you will walk in victory, you must learn to endure.
One attribute of those that will endure to the end is that they don't have the attitude of trying the things of God. They work the things of God.
They don't say if by the end of twelve months what God had promised did not come to pass then I will quit.
They don't say if by the time I lay hand on the hundredth person and he is not healed then I will stop laying hands on the sick.
If you have this attitude you won't be able to receive anything from God.
Satan has more than enough things to throw at you to make you give up and come to the wrong conclusion that the things of God does not work.
You confront all those things with your ability to persevere.
If ridicule will stop you he will bring it. If shame can stop you, he will throw it at you.
If the opinion of men can stop you, he will try it. If rejection, persecution and discouragement can stop you, he will try every single one of them.
It is because you overcome all these things that you are an overcomer and it is after you have overcome them that the promise is given to you.
You now see that if there is one word that must not be found in the dictionary of a child of God, it is QUIT OR GIVE UP.
If there is one word that must be part and parcel of your life it is PERSEVERANCE, ENDURANCE AND LONGSUFFERING.
Having an endurance mindset, a long suffering mindset and peseverance mindset is the antidote to quiting or giving up.
It is part of what it means to count the cost of following Jesus, Luke 14:28-30. Set your mind for the long haul in your walk with God.
When you have these mindsets you are preparing your way before the Lord for the long haul not for a fling.
The bible says Rehoboam did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD, 2Chronicles 12:14.
You must be faithful to the end, Jesus having loved His own He loved them to the end, John 13:1.
He didn't stop loving them half way because they were so full of doubt and unbelief and seem not be getting too well what He was teaching them.
Don't try the things of God, work it till you see results. If it didn't work the first time till the tenth, keep learning till it works.
GET RID OF "TRYING IT" MINDSET AND PUT ON "WORKING IT" MINDSET. Learn what you did or didn't do and keep at it till you see desired results.
The promises of God are for those that can patiently endure, they are the overcomers that will be given power and made pillars in the house of God.
Frances Hunter said after she had laid hands on about 1000 people, she only saw 10 healed but she didn't give up, she kept at it.
She saw creative miracles in her ministry, hands and legs growing back, eyes formed where there was none. If she had given up and quit; the creative miracles would never have happened.
You have read the Bible for a whole year without having a single revelation, don't give up, keep at it and keep learning.
You have laid hands on twenty five people and none received Holy Ghost baptism, keep learning and keep at it.
Don't be weary in well doing, for in due season you shall reap if you faint not, Galatians 6:9.
Don't let the opinion of people stop you. Don't let shame, embarrassment and ridicule stop you. Don't let fear doubt and unbelief stop you. Don't let persecution and rejection stop you.
Hear the word of the Lord for you today,
"AND HE THAT OVERCOMETH AND KEEPETH MY WORKS UNTO THE END, TO HIM WILL I GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS: AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; AS THE VESSELS OF A POTTER SHALL THEY BE BROKEN TO SHIVERS: EVEN AS I RECEIVED OF MY FATHER", Revelations 2:26-27.
PRAYER: Father, I set my mind for the long haul in my walk with You. I receive the grace to go all the way with You, no matter how long it takes. Gird me with strength in my inner man in Jesus name.
SALVATION PRAYER
Anything short of you being born again and living a life of holiness and purity hurt Jesus so much. But you can make things right here and now by saying this simple prayer and mean it genuinely from your heart:
Lord Jesus I come to you today. I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I cannot help myself. I repent of all my sins and I forsake them. Jesus, I invite you into my life, be my Lord, be my Saviour.
Wash me by your precious blood, forgive my sins and write my name in the book of life. From this day, I promise to follow you all the rest of my life. Help me Lord, in Jesus name, Amen. Congratulations you are now born again!
PEACE
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