Daily Devotional
Do You Quit Too Soon?
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.”
James 1:2-3
July 25, 2024
Ponder This
Years ago, I was playing football. On one play, for the first time in my life, I got the ball and there was no one between me and the goal. It was a thrill. This was my big day. I was running as hard as I could, but I was running out of steam. I saw the goal line, and I thought, “One thing is certain. That guy behind me is not going to catch me before I score.” And I dived over the goal line. I made it! But do you know what? It wasn’t the goal line; it was the five-yard line. I never reached the goal because I quit too soon. Unfortunately, many of us quit too soon.
If you don’t learn to endure, you’re not going to learn much. You’re not going to learn to play the piano if you don’t learn to endure and do the scales. You’re not going to learn Greek if you don’t endure through the Greek verbs. You’re not going to lose weight unless you learn to endure. You’re not going to build character unless you endure. The way that God gives us endurance is by giving us opportunities to endure as we rely on Him.
- When was a time you quit too soon? What happened?
- When was a time you endured? What did you learn?
Practice This
Ask a fellow Christian to share a time of endurance in the faith and the lessons learned through the experience.
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