“For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise…” He10.36 NKJV
Just as there is a gap between knowing and doing, a gap certainly exists between starting something and finishing it. Ecclesiastes tells us the end is better than the beginning. What value is an unfinished house, or a half finished anything for that matter. Who would want half a hair cut?
We all have need of endurance if we are to run the race of faith and to finish the course set before us. And, what is endurance but the power to see something through to the end; to finish what we have started. The assurances of eternal life are promised to those who are believing, not the those who once believed. The reward of our obedience is promised to us after we have done the will of God. We would not, as they say, want to hear at judgment, “Close, but no cigar.” 9/24/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
