Diligence

“And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:11-12

I know that without God’s help I will fail in even my best effort to be diligent and focused as I go about the work He has ordained for me today. Every bit of my hope is in Him and I pray that He will give me strength to apply myself to any task He gives me to do until it is finished. I pray for the ability to faithfully and patiently wait upon Him to order my steps and His Word to light my path. I pray that He will guide my choices and decisions and that as I look to the examples of others I might also be an example of faithfulness and patience. A few weeks ago when Pastor Holder was preaching his series on change he suggested that we might have to change the way we measure success (and failure for that matter.) I now realize that I am successful if I am diligent and obedient to what He has called me to today and at the end of the day no one else may even know if I succeeded or if I failed but I’ll know and so will He!

God’s Word is full of examples of diligent heroes whose actions we can look to and whose stories show that through the diligent pursuit of God’s plan for their lives they did have hope until the end and through their faith and patience they received their inheritance. Diligence is the key!