THOSE WHO PERSEVERE NEVER GO EMPTY IN LIFE – Sunday, 10th August 2025
Text for Today: Jam. 1:21-27 “But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it…will be blessed in what he does.” (vs. 27).
Those who give up easily are always looking for people to blame for their pitfalls in life. Whoever lacks capacity to persevere in life will always have many failures to battle with. Such a person will always be grumbling and lamenting over every little thing that is not working well in his life. Beloved, you must know that, everyone has what he is battling with, so don’t trouble others with your own, take responsibility for it. The Bible has a lot to say about perseverance in several different contexts. Clearly, the Scriptures teach that those who “overcome” and persevere in the faith will inherit eternal life (Revelation 2:7).
Further exhortations to persevere in the Christian life come from James, who warns us to be “doers of the word and not hearers only” because those who hear but do not do are “deceiving themselves.” “But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it [perseveres]…this one will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:22-24). The sense here is that the Christian who perseveres in godliness and the spiritual disciplines will be blessed in the very act of persevering. The more we persevere in the Christian life, the more God grants His blessings upon us, thereby enabling us to continue to persevere. The psalmist reminds us that there is great reward in persevering in the Christian life. In keeping God’s commandments, there is “great reward” for our souls (Psalm 19:11). James also exhorts us to persevere “under trials” because those who do will be blessed and will receive the “crown of life” which God has promised (James 1:12).
You are a Champion!
Further Study: James 1:12-18.
Covenant Prayers
- Father, I give you glory for your faithfulness upon my life.
- I receive grace to persevere and keep the law of the Lord.
- Dear Lord, bless the works of my hands as I persevere.
- Good news will locate me from far and near this month.
QUOTE: “THE MORE WE PERSEVERE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE; THE MORE GOD GRANTS HIS BLESSINGS UPON US.”
