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Steadfast Love

Colossians 1:11
“…being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience…”

To be strengthened with His power, having endurance and patience, is to be steadfast and even satisfied during any situation, regardless of what the outcome may be. James 3 says, “because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance,” so we understand that if God is testing us, He is growing us. How can God grow us if we are never tested? How can God grow us if we never choose Him? We choose our friends just as we choose the Lord and it is through this decision to choose Him everyday that we can allow His Spirit to enter into our lives so that our lives may become His. When we give our lives to Jesus, we can be joyful because of what He has promised us: eternal life. When we fully begin to rely on this truth, we can truly experience the power of His wholesome love and we can be filled with joy in knowing that He is in control. It is a choice to be joyful even when our circumstances do not permit it. Even when we do not feel happy, we can be joyful because my joy comes from the Lord and not on a fleeting emotion. Crossroads are never as difficult as they once were because He has already given us the answer, we just need to continuously choose Him and although we may not understand what the Lord is doing in the midst of a trial, we can know that will all be for His glory in the end. When I was accepted into IGNITE, I was also accepted into nursing school, but I knew that I needed the Lord at this stage of my life more than I needed a career. Although I am here, I am still resisting Him, but He is still calling me with His arms open wide. I am simply waiting for my moment, the moment when I will feel something or hear something that will drastically change my relationship with God, the moment that I will genuinely understand His love for me and the promises in which He promises those who follow Him. That is the moment that I will speak from my heart and know that the words flowing from my mouth are true, because it will be His truth, and I will believe it.

Application
I will write down a Bible verse on endurance everyday this week, so that I may endure in His truth. 

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