Keep Claiming It

March 13

How do you shape up in the perseverance department? How resolutely do you pursue the goals you have determined are worthy; how diligently do you apply steadfastness to spiritual goals? Are you as assured of your own commitment to Christ and His Kingdom as the enemy of your soul is to deterring you from them?

If you answer anything but that you are in it for the long haul, you are a candidate for falling by the wayside. The evil one will dog your heels and nip at your commitment relentlessly. If he can, he will attack you and devour your hope and devastate your faith. The devil will leave you spiritually dead if he can.

So what hope do you have if such a foe is determined to destroy you? You have every hope because “…greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world” I John 4:4. You must continually remind yourself that you are on the side of the Conqueror of sin and death and the grave! Does that mean your journey from here to eternity will be smooth sailing?

Perhaps; perhaps not, but as you travel through the trials and tribulations and challenges of life, be mindful of the promise Jesus made in Matthew 7:7, “Keep asking and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking and the door will be opened.” You will possess the fullness of all He assures is yours as you keep claiming it!