Thursday, September 3
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DON'T QUIT
Many of the blessings we enjoy today are ours because someone did not quit. From religious freedom and educational
opportunities to life-saving medical inventions and vaccines, we are helped enormously by the efforts of those who persisted
before us. When suffering or hardship comes and we are tempted to quit, that is just the time to keep trusting in our faithful
Creator and press on.
Peter gave words of encouragement to the early church when they were tired and afraid. He
said in so many words, "Never quit. Don't slow down. Don't stop. Don't get discouraged. Don't let hardship or difficulty or
temptation or testing get you off the track. You know you're going to come through if you trust the One who has brought you safe
this far." Peter must have remembered a time when many who had begun to follow Jesus fell away, and the Lord asked His
disciples if they, too, wanted to leave Him. It was Peter who answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of
eternal life, and we have come to know that You are the Holy One of God."
Once we have begun to follow Jesus, there
is nowhere else to go but on with Him. Nothing else makes sense. Nothing else gives life. And no one is worthy of our complete
trust but our faithful Creator, who has proved Himself time and again. I like the words of the old hymn, 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in
Jesus: "Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! Oh, for grace to trust
Him more."
Memory Verse
I PETER 4:19
Let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.
Read Through The Bible
Mark 3; Job 5-6