Endure
“Because lawlessness is increased,
most people will grow cold.
But the one who endures to the end,
he will be saved.”
Matthew 24:12
Sounds a lot like the warnings and promises in Revelation2:7, 11, 17, 26 and 3:5, 11, 12, 21. We usually think of enduring when we think of hardships. Jesus is telling us in Matthew that hardships will come. But we are to endure – to hold on, to keep faithful, to trust Jesus – in the hardships. You can begin to prepare your heart now to endure in the hard times. Abide in the word of God, spend time in praise and adoration, develop a relationship with God. Build a pathway of trusting Jesus and when hard times come, you will know that you can rely upon the Eternal One. Determine in your heart that you will be faithful until the end.