No turning back. Jesus never said following Him would lead us down the easy road. In fact, He told us, "If anyone wants to come after Me let Him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." [Matt 16:24] Following Jesus is not easy but it is always right. He also said that once we put our hand to the plow we are not to turn back. No turning back. No turning back to our former lifestyles of sin. No turning back from the hard road that leads to sacrifice, No turning back even when following Jesus leads to a little suffering like those experienced by our brothers and sisters in hostile nations to Christ where persecution and martyrdom are real.
There is to be no turning back when dreams get shattered and hearts get broken. There is to be no turning back when mountains loom and faith gets tested. There is no turning back when grief grips our hearts like a vice and we weep buckets of tears. There is still no turning back as we labor for our last breath and close our eyes one last time this side of eternity and awake in the arms of jesus.
The road of following Jesus is challenging but is also rewarding. Only following Jesus leads us to the abundant life. [John 10:10] Only following Jesus leads us to store up treasure in Heaven. [Matt 6:19-20]
To the pit of hell with giving up, giving in, or giving out, "For you have need of endurance so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised. For yet in a very little while He who is coming will come and will not delay. But My righteous one shall live by faith and if he shrinks back My soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul. " [Heb 10:37-39]
God did not put shrinking or turning back in us. O, the devil attacks. The battles are numerous. Trials abound that test our faith to the limit. For the child of God there is no turning back. There is persevering faith to follow forward. Press on dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
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