Grace For The Moment: Morning And Evening DevotionalНамуна

Are you close to quitting? Please don’t do it. Are you discouraged as a parent? Hang in there. Are you weary with doing good? Do just a little more. Are you pessimistic about your job? Roll up your sleeves and go at it again. No communication in your marriage? Give it one more shot. . . .

Remember, a finisher is not one with no wounds or weariness. Quite to the contrary, he, like the boxer, is scarred and bloody. Mother Teresa is credited with saying, “God didn’t call us to be successful, just faithful.” The fighter, like our Master, is pierced and full of pain. He, like Paul, may even be bound and beaten. But he remains.

The Land of Promise, says Jesus, awaits those who endure. It is not just for those who make the victory laps or drink champagne. No sir. The Land of Promise is for those who simply remain to the end.
-No Wonder They Call Him the Savior

Do you know someone who is tired of being faithful? Who feels like quitting? What can you do to encourage that person to hang in there?

From Thomas Nelson's Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional [2008] [Max Lucado]