Opinion / Religion
Grace is not for quitters
15 Aug 2013 at 08:04hrs | Views
Most of the times we miss out on what God has for us because when we face a challenge we just easily quit.
Key scripture: Hebrews 6:10-12 King James Version (KJV) 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
In the above Bible verses, we see that we are encouraged not to give up. In verse 10 a point is made that you have ministered to the saints, which is past tense and it goes on to say that you still do minister which is present tense. Here we learn that God's grace is not available for those who just ministered long back, but those who continue to minister even if their blessings haven't manifested. The 12th verse also encourages us to work out our faith by patience as we continue to do God's work.
Galatians 6:9 ESV says, "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do notgive up" Here we are also encouraged to continue ministering or doing good even though things seem not to be working well for us.
Matthew 15:32 KJV Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said , I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. In the above scripture, we see that Jesus was moved by the fact that the people did not quit but continued with him even to the point were they didn't have food. The grace of God entered the fray when it saw the spiritual hunger of the people who never quit to satisfy physical hunger.
The word of God is full of passages were endurance was promoted and rewarded by grace. Abraham received the promise by grace when he endured many years of barreness. The Bible says that, "He that endureth to the end shall be saved."-Matthew 10:22. In other words the grace of God that brings salvation, is attracted to your endurance not quiting.
Source - Professor Ndebele
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