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Hold Fast, November 14
Victory in the Conflict
Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 3:11
Decisions may be made in a moment that fix one’s condition for-
ever.... But remember, it would take the work of a lifetime to recover
what a moment of yielding to temptation and thoughtlessness throws
away....
By a momentary act of will you may place yourself in the power of
Satan, but it will require more than a momentary act of will to break his
fetters and reach for a higher, holier life. The purpose may be formed,
the work begun, but its accomplishment will require toil, time, and
perseverance, patience, and sacrifice. The man who deliberately wanders
from God in the full blaze of light will find, when he wishes to set his
face to return, that briars and thorns have grown up in his path, and he
must not be surprised or discouraged if he is compelled to travel long
with torn and bleeding feet. The most fearful and most to be dreaded
evidence of man’s fall from a better state is the fact that it costs so much
to get back. The way of return can be gained only by hard fighting, inch
by inch, every hour....
Those who win heaven will put forth their noblest efforts and will
labor with all long-suffering, that they may reap the fruit of toil. There
is a hand that will open wide the gates of Paradise to those who have
stood the test of temptation and kept a good conscience by giving up the
world, its honors, its applause, for the love of Christ, thus confessing
Him before men and waiting with all patience for Him to confess them
before His Father and the holy angels.
Keep the conscience tender, that you may hear the faintest whisper
of the voice that spake as never man spake.
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