It Means That We Keep Going. We Do Not Quit When We Find That We Are Not Yet Mature And That There Is A long Journey Still Before Us……
Perseverance Is Not Resignation, Putting Up With Things The Way They Are, Staying In The Same Old Rut Year After Year After Year, Or Being A Doormat For People To Wipe Their Feet On.
Endurance Is Not A Desperate Hanging On But A Traveling From Strength To Strength……
Perseverance Is Triumphant And Alive.
~~ Eugene H. Peterson
Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus:
Our Eyes Are To Be Fixed On Jesus, And Only Him, As We Run Our Race.
Read Hebrews 12:1-3
How Can This Passage Encourage Us Toward A Steadfast Determination To Run Faithfully No Matter What Obstacles We Encounter?