Perseverance

Just like farmers, students, and good athletes must persevere in their activities to
successfully achieving the desired goals or results, every Christian who still treads the face of the earth must persevere
visibly on the path of God and His work.
Thomas Edison, inventor of the lamp or bulb and many other things that we enjoy in our modern life,
He was a man of great intelligence.
This very intelligent man did not enjoy success as often as one might think.
He had ten thousand failed attempts before creating a battery to store electricity.
When someone asked him if he wasn't discouraged by 10,000 unsuccessful attempts, Edison replied: "Without.
result? On the contrary, now I know 10,000 ways how not to build a battery for storage.
electricity.
Edison demonstrates the value of perseverance. The secret of his great inventions was not his great intelligence,
but rather the perseverance that led him to continue striving until he achieved the goal.
To succeed in life, we need to develop the traits that define a winner. These are qualities of
character that, under the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit, will lead us to be true winners.
Today we focus on the quality of perseverance.
Perseverance: It stems from the Greek term 'proskartereo' which speaks of maintaining consistency, attending to
constantly, continue without deviations, adhere firmly, hold on tight. It means to remain constant in
something to insist on a practice of a doctrine or in the fulfillment of a duty.
Many believers have thought that perseverance is a matter of endurance (that is, to see how long one can last),
however, it is not like that, rather it is a matter of faith and will. That is to say, whoever perseveres exercises their faith in God.
correctly.
No believer can be called persevering if they do not align their life with the teachings of the Bible.
A persevering Christian is compared to a tree: The roots are the teachings of the Bible, the branches are its
firmness and its faithfulness, and the fruits of its visible participation in the work of God.
Mark 13:13 'And you will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he who endures to the end shall be saved.'
will be saved
Perseverance is something that the world barely knows. The current culture, with its focus on instant gratification
immediate, does not allow for practicing or developing perseverance. However, the Bible teaches us that the
Perseverance is essential in life.

3 Reasons why we should practice perseverance:

I. Perseverance is key to succeeding in life:

God has left us in the Bible a book that contains guidelines and standards for success. It is called the book
from Proverbs. In this book, we find much about perseverance.
The lazy hand makes poor; But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
This passage speaks to the value of dedicated and skilled work.
Now, skill can only be found through practice and preparation. One must persevere to achieve it.
ability.
The person who strives to develop to the fullest the skills that God has given them will find the
prosperity.
To reach the maximum development of our skills, we need to persevere.
Many times we dream of attaining wealth quickly and without effort, thinking that this will make us happy.
However, God shows us the danger of thinking this way in another passage from Proverbs.
Proverbs 20:21 'Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.'
In the days of the Old Testament, the easiest way to suddenly become wealthy was through an inheritance.
(an inheritance). Perhaps many young people dreamed of the death of a wealthy relative, just as many do today in
daydream of winning the lottery.
Easily acquired riches do not lead to happiness. Instead of dreaming of easy wealth, we should
to strive to develop to the fullest, with patience and perseverance, the skills that God has given us.

II. Perseverance is key to succeeding spiritually

Hebrews 10:36 'For you have need of endurance (perseverance), so that after you have done the will of God,'
you may obtain the promise. You need to persevere so that, after you have done the will of God,
receive what he has promised
The readers of this letter were in danger of abandoning their faith in Christ to return to their old religion. The
the author teaches them that it is necessary to persevere in order to receive the blessings that God promises to those who believe in Him.
Son.
The Bible speaks in many passages about the importance of perseverance. For example, the apostle Paul says in 1
Corinthians 15:2 "By which also, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, you are saved, if you did not believe in vain."
vain
Even to receive our longed-for salvation, it is necessary to persevere.
In 1987, the world champion of the 1,500-meter race was qualifying for another race. Halfway through
he stumbled on the path, but got up and continued running. With just 20 more meters of race, he found himself in
third place and that was enough to qualify.
He looked back, and saw no one; he stopped straining, and another runner, coming from his blind side, caught up to him.
He moved ahead and eliminated him. His great effort became useless because he took his eyes off the goal.
It is very tempting in the Christian life, after having lived for some months or some years as
believers, take our eyes off our goal, the Lord Jesus. We may think that we have already run very hard, and
It's time to rest for a while.
Perseverance is key to succeeding spiritually. If we do not keep running, we will not succeed in the race.
If we stop looking to Christ, the author and finisher of our faith, it is possible that we will not win the race.
If you have started to get discouraged, if you have stopped running the race, there is still time. Put on your sneakers and keep going.
running. We must persevere in faith to receive what God has promised us.

III. Perseverance is key to succeeding in the service of the Lord

I believe we all know the parable of the sower found in Luke 8:4-15.
In this parable, the seed falls on four different types of soil. The four soils represent the four ways
to respond to God's message and His service.
In the first, the seed falls along the path, the hard soil does not accept the seed, and the birds eat it.
he is the person who rejects the message.
In the second ground, the seed falls on rocky soil. It sprouts quickly, but withers because it does not have
root depth. This is the person who receives the message quickly, but then pulls away.
In the third ground, thorns grow and choke the small plant that sprouts from the seed. This person allows
that the worries of the world choke the faith that has been born in his heart.
But Luke 8:15 speaks of the fourth type of ground, saying, 'But the ones that fell on good soil, these are the ones who with
A good and upright heart retains the word heard, and bears fruit with perseverance.
This seed sprouts and bears good fruit and the harvest is abundant. This is the person who receives the message of good
heart. Believe wholeheartedly, and give yourself fully to the Lord. This person produces a good harvest.
There is a phrase that only Luke includes; it is the phrase 'and bear fruit with perseverance.' For the harvest to be
abundant, we must persevere. If we are like the first, second, or third ground, there will be no harvest.
We have all been called to serve the Lord. Serving the Lord is not just for pastors or the
missionaries. It is for everyone.
Maybe God has called you to serve by evangelizing your friends, teaching children, leading music,
organizing activities or in some other way.
You will only bear fruit in that service to the Lord if you learn to persevere in the service. There are many people very
gifted, with great skills and good personality, who make no impact for the Kingdom of the Lord.
The problem is the lack of perseverance. They start a project, but before finishing it, another calls them away.
attention, and they rather dedicate themselves to that. They jump from ministry to ministry, without focusing on one or two things in the
that could really make an impact.
Or perhaps the problem is not the lack of concentration, but rather the discouragement. They start to serve, but someone...
criticism, or perhaps the results are not seen immediately, and they easily become discouraged in their service to the Lord. Not
There is perseverance, but there is no fruit.
If we want to succeed in serving the Lord, we must persevere. Decide what your ministry will be, or what they will be.
they will be your ministries; and focus on doing them with all your strength, with the help of God, for as long as it takes
necessary.

What should I persevere in? (What should I remain consistent in)

In grace (God himself)
Acts 13:43 We have received grace through Jesus Christ, it is the favor of having forgiven us.
our sins, every step in the course of the Christian life is due to grace Galatians 1:15, that's why it is
It is important to always attain the grace of God, which is God Himself.
2. Sentence
Prayer has been considered as the Oxygen to breathe in the spiritual life of the believer, which is lacking when it is absent.
it begins to die because without communication a relationship dies. Acts 1:14 "All these continued steadfastly
unanimous in prayer and supplication
thanksgiving
In the word
James 1:25 It is of utmost importance to persevere in the Word because it says that we will be blessed in it.
What do we do, this reminds us (Joshua 1:8)
One of the problems that is occurring today is that Christians are not taking the word into account.
none of their decisions and do not persevere in obeying it.
Pablo tells Timoteo to persist in what he has learned (2 Timothy 3:14) and in Acts 2:42 'And they persevered'
in the doctrine of the apostles, in the communion with one another, in the breaking of bread and in prayers
4. In communion with the brothers
Acts 2:42 It is of vital importance to persevere in fellowship with the brethren, as God did not make us to...
to live alone but to live in community. Because we all need each other at all times whether it is for
joy, sadness, discouragement or illness, the Bible says that all we sow is what we will reap in
At all times, let us sow a seed of love in every heart we encounter and we will always reap.
love and understanding.
Psalm 133:1 "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"

CONCLUSION
In the Kingdom of God, the race is won by those who persevere, not the reckless. Those who truly triumph
they are committed, not those of words without actions.
If you want to succeed, do not stop persevering. It is the key to success in the spiritual, in the service to God, and in
the secular.
We need to align ourselves with the teachings of the Bible so that the fruit of our perseverance is real and not
imaginary.