Spiritual Tenacity

Spiritual tenacity

   OC has an interesting take on this subject today. Spiritual tenacity is not just endurance, not just hanging on. It encompasses more than those two things. It is the belief that who you believe in will not be worsted, that you will not have hung on in vain, because what you hung on to, did not win in the end.

   I cannot say that I have ever feared that God would not triumph in the end, but I can say that I have not always lived in that certainty.

   It is easy for me to say that God will win over evil in the end, but to live my life each and every day with that conviction in the forefront of my mind is kinda hard.

   My family would say that one of my favorite sayings is "that it will all work out". One way or another, whether we like the outcome or not, it will take place. The ancients would say that the fates willed it, but Christians know that God's will will be done in all matters.

   Would it make a difference in my life, if, whenever some event occurs, I would realize that God is somehow in that, and that maybe I should look for what He has to tell me.

   Nothing comes into our lives as a coincidence. God is in control, and I need to recognize that and not just shrug my shoulders and mumble "whatever".

   The Psalmist says to "Be still and know that I am God". To know God, to hang on to that Truth gives the proper meaning to spiritual tenacity.

   God help me to not just be able to write this, but to live it each day.