Perseverance

“They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down. Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back; But God wouldn’t put up with it, he sticks with us.” (Psalm 129 // The Message) Perseverence, stick-to-it-iveness, is a fading quality in the modern world - but it's essential for the journey of faith. Maybe the life of faith should come with the warning label: Endurance Required. “But God wouldn’t put up with it, he sticks with us” lays the foundation of this psalm. It's God’s strength that overcomes the evil of this world, not our own. It's our enduring trust in Him that allows us to persevere.