Perseverance

Vince Lombardi once said, "Winners never quit and quitters never win."

When I thought about that, this quote really isn't true;

Since Satan was cast down from heaven (Isaiah 14:12-15) He has been determined to deceive, destroy discourage and disengage as many people from the Lord and His Salvation that he can, beginning with Adam and Eve. Why?  Because our Accuser knows his time is short, and that this battle has already been won.  But he is not the Victor.  And yet, he doesn't quit.

    Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?  Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.  Job 1:6-7

The sole purpose behind Satan's perseverance is to always destroy.  He tried to destroy Job, and he will try to destroy you. 1 Peter 5:8 says, Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Satan doesn't quit!

So Christian...why do you?

Galatians 5:7 asks us a question:  "Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?"

I like to ask myself, "Or What?"

Revelation 20:7 8a says, "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations.....

The Perseverance of Satan boggles my mind!  He will be in prison for a thousand years, and I'm sure with great anticipation, when released, he will pick right back up where he left off, but with more vengeance!  His time is short, but he refuses to quit in a battle he knows he has ALREADY lost!

Christians are quitting a battle THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN WON through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Webster's dictionary defines perseverance this way:  Continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition: STEDFASTNESS.

1 Corinthians 15:58 says- Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Satan wants to neutralize the very ones who have the greatest potential-

    I don't want that to happen to me, don't let that happen to you-

        But that's just me!

Don't give up-the Battle is already Won!

"By perseverance the snail reached the Ark."  Charles Spurgeon