Good Monday morning. We are starting the day on a joyous note! I see that Pastor Rogers' Bible links are active this morning, I hope this doesn't trigger any spam filters. Spam filters are a never-ending fight in getting the devotional to you each morning, and that brings to mind something that I have lacked from time to time: perseverance. In the Bible, we also see it addressed as endurance. Both are appropriate in our Christian life. Like exercising, walking with Jesus and as Paul illustrates in Philippians, running the race, requires endurance or perseverance. As always in anything worth doing, quitting is easy. It would be easy to get up each morning and not put in the effort to write this devotional, and the same goes with walking, riding a bike, running, or any other form of exercise. However, not writing each morning would deprive me of a satisfying and joyful start to the day. Not exercising... we all know well the effects of that. Good habits require perseverance to form, bad habits come easily, and that is the way of things in this cursed world. I think the smell of our effort is sweet to God, and like the great leader that He is, He puts far more effort than we do into our salvation and development as saints. As Paul exhorts us to do, we should never stop training and running the race that brings us closer to Jesus with each passing moment. One day we will cross that finish line and be together in Christ's glory. Look on this world with renewed hope and faith in Christ Jesus today!
God loves each and every one of you, enjoy it!
Bucky
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