when we look at the cross, and realize all that God did by becoming God in human flesh, Jesus and the example He is to us and all He accomplished…our lives seem little.
We do not know what it is to actually committ to something, to do something until it is totally finished. We, esp americans, leave things unfinished all to often. Jesus I am sure wanted to give up at times in life, but He knew His purpose and reason, and did not give up until the very end…death on a cross. He endured, He persevered, He did not make it about Him at all. He looked at the Father’s agenda, and not His own, not His own emotions, not His own tiredness, not His own desires, but the desires of His Father and the purpose of His Father. Obedient, unto death. Comitted to the end. He finished.
Are we actually committed to what we have committed to? I think we need to re-look at what that really means for us, especially at follower’s of Jesus Christ.\
So today, I love you Jesus because You did not give up. You finished to the end, and you endured, and You have shown me and others how to endure and how to not give up, and how to finish well. May we follow Your example, and stop living for ourselves, but for the Father! Thank You
VERSE of the day:
”Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”
James 1:2-3
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