I heard a story about a man who for some reason could not get a flight out of a certain city so he went to a hotel where he frequently stayed.
He asked the receptionist about a room; when she checked for a vacancy she told him that there were none, he asked her to check again and again she said that no room was available.
He called for the manager and the manager checked for a room then told the man that nothing was available.
The men said what if the president called and ask for a room would you find one for him? the manager said, yes we would, then the man said, well it is not likely that he is coming so can I have the room.
The point of this story is persistent pays off.
The word persist means to go on resolutely in spite of difficulties and that is what Jesus want us to do because He knows that our persistence will pay off.
In fact He told a story about persistence in Luke 18:2-5 He said there was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man, now there was a widow in that city and she came to him, saying get justice for me from my adversary and he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself, though I do not fear God nor regard man; yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
This woman did not give up until she had what she wanted; the judge's no answers did not stop her because she was determined to get what she wanted.
We may not get what we want immediately, in fact we might be turned down many times but we still should not give up on our hope and dream.
If we would continue to believe we will see the desire of our heart manifested.
Proverbs 13:12 read hope deferred makes the heart sick but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Defer means to yield to opinion or wishes of another.
We might have to yield our heart's desire temporarily but that does not mean we give up; we keep going in spite of what was told to us.
Opposition of our heart's desire can come from within our own home and mostly likely it will especially if others do not share our dreams but do not get discouraged about that because God is bigger than any oppositions that we might face just continue to pursue the dream.
He will bring it to past.
Hebrews 10:23 and 35-36 read let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for He who promised is faithful.
Therefore, do not cast away your confidence which has great reward for you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
The Lord spoke a word to me twelve years ago; I am still waiting for it to be manifested.
He spoke something to me about three years ago; I am still waiting on that also.
Concerning the twelve years thing, once I was letting go of it but the Lord sent a man from New Mexico or Mexico to my church and this man really encouraged me in fact, he talked on Hebrews 10:23 and it was as if he was speaking directly to me.
His message got me back on track and I have been there every since that day.
Some time persistence is to just wait on the Lord and do nothing but thank Him for it, this is certainly the case with me about the twelve year thing.
Some time the only thing that God wants us to do is wait and even in that, we persist.
We are not out of His will when we do nothing but that can be hard to do at first because our mind is accustomed to doing things.
All the promises of the Lord is yes and amen but that does not mean it will be revealed at once but if we have received His promise, we should not let it go no matter of the time space or oppositions that will come.
We should endure everything until we see the fullness of it.
We live in a world of great inventions but these inventions did not occur over night; those who thought of them had to endure oppositions; they had failures and other people told them no but none of that stopped them, they persist until they received what they wanted and most of them were not God minded but they got what they wanted anyway because they persist.
How much better would it be for us having God on our side along with our persistence? It would be a lot better because we have one thing that the world does not have and that is peace of mind with confidence that our desire will be seen.
He asked the receptionist about a room; when she checked for a vacancy she told him that there were none, he asked her to check again and again she said that no room was available.
He called for the manager and the manager checked for a room then told the man that nothing was available.
The men said what if the president called and ask for a room would you find one for him? the manager said, yes we would, then the man said, well it is not likely that he is coming so can I have the room.
The point of this story is persistent pays off.
The word persist means to go on resolutely in spite of difficulties and that is what Jesus want us to do because He knows that our persistence will pay off.
In fact He told a story about persistence in Luke 18:2-5 He said there was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man, now there was a widow in that city and she came to him, saying get justice for me from my adversary and he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself, though I do not fear God nor regard man; yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
This woman did not give up until she had what she wanted; the judge's no answers did not stop her because she was determined to get what she wanted.
We may not get what we want immediately, in fact we might be turned down many times but we still should not give up on our hope and dream.
If we would continue to believe we will see the desire of our heart manifested.
Proverbs 13:12 read hope deferred makes the heart sick but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Defer means to yield to opinion or wishes of another.
We might have to yield our heart's desire temporarily but that does not mean we give up; we keep going in spite of what was told to us.
Opposition of our heart's desire can come from within our own home and mostly likely it will especially if others do not share our dreams but do not get discouraged about that because God is bigger than any oppositions that we might face just continue to pursue the dream.
He will bring it to past.
Hebrews 10:23 and 35-36 read let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for He who promised is faithful.
Therefore, do not cast away your confidence which has great reward for you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
The Lord spoke a word to me twelve years ago; I am still waiting for it to be manifested.
He spoke something to me about three years ago; I am still waiting on that also.
Concerning the twelve years thing, once I was letting go of it but the Lord sent a man from New Mexico or Mexico to my church and this man really encouraged me in fact, he talked on Hebrews 10:23 and it was as if he was speaking directly to me.
His message got me back on track and I have been there every since that day.
Some time persistence is to just wait on the Lord and do nothing but thank Him for it, this is certainly the case with me about the twelve year thing.
Some time the only thing that God wants us to do is wait and even in that, we persist.
We are not out of His will when we do nothing but that can be hard to do at first because our mind is accustomed to doing things.
All the promises of the Lord is yes and amen but that does not mean it will be revealed at once but if we have received His promise, we should not let it go no matter of the time space or oppositions that will come.
We should endure everything until we see the fullness of it.
We live in a world of great inventions but these inventions did not occur over night; those who thought of them had to endure oppositions; they had failures and other people told them no but none of that stopped them, they persist until they received what they wanted and most of them were not God minded but they got what they wanted anyway because they persist.
How much better would it be for us having God on our side along with our persistence? It would be a lot better because we have one thing that the world does not have and that is peace of mind with confidence that our desire will be seen.