Get off the Chesterfield!

Perseverance IS Success. My sister in law, Rhonda, has this up on her wall at home. I have a poster of it in my office, too. What makes this little statement so thought-provoking is our innate desire toward the opposite: complaining, negativity, giving up.

Remember the old song... oh how I loved this song: When the going gets tough, the tough get going! A high school favourite, for sure.

There aren't a lot of toughies around these days. We have bred a generation of men and women who find it difficult to be diligent. Who would rather rest, than run. Who don't realize that this life is a race! In fact, it's even a war.

We are to keep our eyes focussed on the prize--the reward. What is it? Heaven!

In the meantime, we are to count all our suffering as joy. We are to get up off the couch of self-pity and dress in our armour, ready for battle. Ready to step forward to what God has called us to do in this day, this hour, this moment.

Do you need to get dressed?