THE PERSISTENCE OF FAITH

“In due season will reap if we do not lose heart.” Gal. 6:9a

Veteran newscaster Paul Harvey once said, “You can tell when you’re on the road to success, because it’s usually uphill all the way.”

And so it is with the believer who has been anointed by God to

be co-laborers with Him. Know with certainty that your trial is

no accident. Satan has issued an assault against the beloved

children of God and it’s going to get worse the closer we get to the end of the age. The good news is that, in the midst of a mega-storm, Jesus can give you a mega-calm.

We read in 1 Peter 1:6-10, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, Whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith - the salvation of your souls.”

To the early church Peter was a breath of fresh air and his

influence was enormous and acknowledged by all. His letters

reveal to us the qualities of Jesus that the Holy Spirit wants to

shape in all of us. God wants all believers to have a readiness to embrace suffering rather than prestige, wisdom developed from experience rather than a book, and a humility that lacks nothing in vigor and imagination.

Peter had all these qualities and was so humble that, when he

was put to death by crucifixion, he asked to be hung upside down instead of upright like the Lord had been. And it was this same apostle who tells us that our faith will be “tested by fire.”

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