Endure

So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.
2 Timothy 2:10 NLT

We have to remember that living a blessed life requires endurance. Living a life of faith, hoping in the unseen, causes us to wait on the Lord for that which He has promised to do in our lives because He loves us (Hebrews 11:1, 1 Corinthians 2:9). God's steadfast love endures forever, through anything we could possibly experience (Psalm 136). Knowing this, it is by faith and the love of God that we are empowered to endure as we are continually expecting God to have His way in our lives. Living our lives knowing, declaring, and embracing God's steadfast love allows Him to imbue us with renewed strength as we endure what we are faced with in this life (Isaiah 40:29-31). Let us put our lives of faith in perspective according the example of Jesus Christ, a model of endurance and a manifestation of God's love (Hebrews 12:2-3, John 3:16). 

Let us simply be reminded today of God's word in Isaiah 40:29-31 NKJV:
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

Be Blessed!
~Nina

Declaration: By faith and with God's love I can and I will endure.