"Remember those early days after you first saw the light? Those were the hard times! Kicked around in public, targets of every kind of abuse—some days it was you, other days your friends. If some friends went to prison, you stuck by them. If some enemies broke in and seized your goods, you let them go with a smile, knowing they couldn’t touch your real treasure. Nothing they did bothered you, nothing set you back. So don’t throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It’s still a sure thing! But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion."(Hebrews 10:32-36 MSG)
As the days increase with so many of life challenges, those of us who have started this journey in Christ must not get derailed. Trials and tribulations will smack you, but you have to stick to the plan. Many who started on this journey now spit on the sacrifice that made them whole and continually insult the grace of God, quitting and turning our backs on all that we have learned and been given. The writer in Hebrews states that we are not quitters who lose out, we stay with it, we stick to the plan trusting God all the way.
I challenge you today to think about the love, the strength you had when you first came to Christ. There was nothing and no one who could change your mind about the path you chose to take. You lost relationships, gave up pleasures and stripped yourself of various means of adding to the comfort of your former life, and you didn't care about the loss, you didn't care who did not agree, it never set you back! You were sure of your decision to live for Christ, so don't walk away now, don't give up, it's still the best, (maybe not easy) decision you ever made. Stick it out, Stick to the Plan, so that the promise of God will completely be fulfilled in your life. It won't be long He is on the way!
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