TENACITY

We know David as a man after God's own heart.
We know Ruth as a woman whose loyalty to God was unwavering.
We know Paul as a pull-no-punches apostle of Christ.
We know John as the apostle of love.
And of course...
We know Jesus, as the Son of God who once bore the sins of man upon His shoulders.

What do all these people have in common?

They were determined right till the end.

David...even after he fell from grace.
Ruth...even after her husband left her.
Paul...even after countless scourging and imprisonment.
John...even after he was exiled to the horrendous island of Patmos.

And Jesus...even after counting all the costs.

They were tenacious.

So many a times, we give up. The world tells us to "take it easy!"
But the Christian whose heart has been won by Christ knows life is not easy.
And so the Christian ploughs on.

Like his predecessors in the Kingdom of God, he seeks to be resilient.

And for the prize ahead, he runs, fixing his eyes on Christ alone,
And against all odds, he will be...

Tenacious.