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Friday... We're not quitters!


Hebrews 10:39 (MSG), "But we're not quitters, who lose out. Oh, no! We stay with it and survive, trusting all the way."

Friday... We're not quitters!

We don't know the author of this book of Hebrews but we do know it's nature and purpose. The people who it was written to are Jesus-believing Jews who are in danger of leaving their faith who live in Italy. Rome was a dangerous place for Christ follows. This book is clearly written to encourage them.

Let's not quit!

Now Hebrews 10:39 (MSG) says, "But we're not quitters, who lose out. Oh, no! We stay with it and survive, trusting all the way." And we need that encouragement today.

The New Living Translation says it this way, "But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose soul will be saved." I love that "We are the faithful ones."

Verse 34 says, "You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever."

Now do we really know that? Do we know there are better things waiting for us that will last forever? Well for those of us who are not quitters, that is true.

Verse 35 says, "So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!" Verse 36, "Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised."

The Amplified Bible says verse 36 this way, "For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstance without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised." I love that, "you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised." 

Verse 39, "But our way is not that of those who shrink back to destruction, but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by this confident faith preserve the soul."  

(MSG), "But we're not quitters." (NLT), "We are the faithful ones." (NIRV), "We belong to the people who believe and are saved." (AMP), "but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] 

Yes, we're not quitters, we are the faithful ones. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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