The Holy Spirit wants me this morning to continue the word from yesterday and deal with the next aspect of Hebrews.10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. We looked at the confidence we need and what that means to us and for us in our relationship with the Lord.

Coupled with that we need to also have built into us endurance or steadfastness which is part of the nature and characteristic of the Holy Spirit. When the Lord says you have a need for something you know that it is imperative that you seek to understand what it is you need.

Then go wholeheartedly to pursue and get it because without it you will be missing something that can cost you much loss though you have already done much work already.

The Lord wants us complete, lacking nothing that is necessary for our life and godliness.

So you will ask why do I need endurance when I already have the necessary confidence in God’s ability. Good question and the Holy Spirit wants you to have this mind because it will see you through everything. As long as you live on earth everything from God will be contested including your faith and trust in God because the enemy is around to remind you that he will not let the will of the Lord happen for you.

This is because satan wants you to believe he is in control of situations and events on earth. He desires to manipulate God’s order on the earth and make humans believe he can change circumstances at will. Psalm.2.

I have found that the Lord is not bothered with the fact that His will can be contested and challenged. In fact He uses the contesting of His will to prove and show just how powerful and great He God actually is, which builds endurance within us.

This reality of the Lord’s confidence in His ability enables us to be bold which in turn means we never quit and always have an answer for any obstacle that rises against us.

Let me now share what Hebrews.10:36 says: endurance is needed after you have done the will of God and are in the process of waiting for the manifestation of the promise.

When you have obeyed instructions and you have done what God requires you to do. You have followed through the difficult set of instructions and are now awaiting the reality of the blessing from the Lord.

You will need the endurance, strength, fortitude ,steadfastness of heart necessary to go further and refuse to quit on the promise. “However you will have to lay hold of the promise with unwavering audacity that what God said you will have.”

It is as the Apostle Paul mentioned in Galatians.6:9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. “The reality of that scripture is that if we grow weary and lose heart we miss out on what we have sowed for.”

“We can miss out on a harvest because we have not built endurance which will carry us all the way through to manifestation. Having put all that work in we can lose because we grow weary and faint.”

When I realized I can lose out by not taking decisive action that makes me do what is necessary. I said no chance on my watch. I will do whatever it takes to build the endurance necessary to carry me through to the finish line and have the reality of the promise.

“The Holy Spirit wants us to be resilient and steadfast just as He the Lord is.”

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. Not the passive love of the Lord because that would fail and God doesn’t fail. If the Lord was not steadfast most of us would never make it, but His steadfast love breaks all boundaries and reaches us and pulls us out so it is necessary that we also are filled with that same steadfastness so that nothing wears us out but faithfulness wins the day in our lives.

“Therefore in conclusion to the matter this morning after endurance has been worked out in and through you, then comes the promise.”

“In other words, no endurance, no receiving of the promise as endurance is the foundation upon which the promise will rest in your life, so that is why you will need it.”

It is a must for the disciple of Jesus to win and keep on winning in life. I learnt to always say the race in God is not a 100 meter dash but a long marathon run which entails bumps and turns. So you will need to be resilient and ready to overcome obstacles and still keep going forward. So be ready my brethren and sistren.

As the apostle Paul puts it in Ephesians.6:13 & 14 having done all to stand, still stand ready until you win. Don’t buckle under pressure but use the pressure as the fuel to propel you forward to inherit the promise.

As you hear these truths today let grace be supplied to you by the Holy Spirit to lay hold of the endurance necessary to carry you through to receive the promise of God and live it out.

Say no to giving up, quitting and fix your gaze firmly on going forward and receiving your prize without reservation or apology. Then watch how your life will be all the greater and mightier in God with the miraculous power of the Most High being your witness and notable proof of Jesus’ Name. Amen.