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“Stedfast Unto the End”, June 13
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence stedfast unto the end.
Hebrews 3:14
.
We must all exercise faith. I am praying to the Lord to give me strength
and health and clearness of mind, and I believe He hears my prayers. We
are exhorted to be sober and watch unto prayer, but this does not mean
that we are to mourn and repine, like orphaned children. True, the struggle
for continual advancement in the Christian life must be lifelong, but our
advancement in the heavenly path may be hopeful. If we manifest an
intense energy, proportionate to the object for which we are striving, even
eternal life, we are made partakers of Christ and of all the rich graces He
is willing and ready to give to those who by patient continuance in well
doing seek for glory and honor and immortality. If we hold the beginning
of our confidence steadfast unto the end we shall see the King in His glory.
I do not ask for smooth paths, but I do supplicate my heavenly Father
for an increase of faith, that I may surmount every apparent difficulty. He
is able and willing to give us the Comforter, but we must have firmness and
decision, maintaining under all circumstances a pure, Christian integrity
and confidence in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The exhortation
comes to us, “Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before,
beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from
your own stedfastness” (
2 Peter 3:17
).
Eternal interests are to be gained, even the salvation of our souls, and
every day we are to watch and be sober. Yet we are to be cheerful, thanking
the Lord for His blessings. We must have faith, living faith. God is our
efficiency, the source of all power. His resources cannot be exhausted. We
can have a daily, abundant supply....
For every one whose hands seem to be weakening and losing their hold,
I have the word, Grasp the standard more firmly. Faith says, Go forward.
You must not fail nor be discouraged. There is no weakness of faith in him
who is constantly advancing
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Letter 119, 1896
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