A Women of Power friend and I are reading a chapter on Persistence in Think and Grow Rich. Well, I often like to find scriptures that go hand and hand with self-help books. It's the combination that works as inspiration for me. I found
this scripture that easily pares with the chapter on "Persistence" from a Godly
perspective and thought I would share it. It also goes hand and hand
with "FaithinAction", a #Girltalk topic that I, and a few friends of mine from my Mastermind Group @womenofpower4 had on Twitter recently.
Persistence with
what we are attempting to do in our careers is a must! And it will get
us far in the world and with God! We can not just believe alone, we have to DO...ACT on what we want.
Jesus
told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray
consistently and never quit. He said, “There was once a judge in some
city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people. A widow
in that city kept after him: ‘My rights are being violated. Protect me!’
“He never gave her the time of day. But after this went on and on he
said to himself, ‘I care nothing what God thinks, even less what people
think. But because this widow won’t quit badgering me, I’d better do
something and see that she gets justice—otherwise I’m going to end up
beaten black-and-blue by her pounding.’” Then the Master said, “Do you
hear what that judge, corrupt as he is, is saying? So what makes you
think God won’t step in and work justice for his chosen people, who
continue to cry out for help? Won’t he stick up for them? I assure you,
he will. He will not drag his feet. But how much of that kind of
persistent faith will the Son of Man find on the earth when he returns?”
(Luke 18:1-8 MSG)
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