Do you have one of those kitchen timers? Sometimes you wind them up for the selected time and then you notice they are not counting down. Ususally it just takes a little tweek of the dial and away they go…. tick! tick! and they don’t stop till the nominated time is completed.

It’s a bit like life as we commence various activities. Difficulties can be encountered along the way and we just get tired and stop because it’s too hard. Time of course never takes a rest so let’s keep tracking to the end. It’s all about commitment and persevering in our faith.

The important principle for living a successful Christian life is to not give up or put another way… do not quit! Jesus of Nazareth was quite direct about our need to keep going when the going gets tough and we feel exhausted. For this can often be the point at which success will come if we just hang in there.

It reminds me of trying to split a stubborn block of wood with an axe. Blow after blow seems to make no impression, then a split appears and as we persist the wood gives way, splitting in two by that final blow.

It is so important then that we do not lose heart and give up. The Lord’s encouragement partiularly in the area of prayer is that we do not faint in our weariness. So we must not quit, but keep going!… don’t stop!

Ref. Luke 18:1, Col. 1:23. NIV.