Scripture to Read: Revelation 2:3
Our Lord Jesus Christ continues with His affirmation to the believers in Ephesus here in Revelation 2:3. Our Lord tells the believers in Ephesus that they have perseverance and that they have endured all for the sake of Christ’s name. Our Lord also says that the believers in Ephesus have not grown weary in being faithful to His Truth. As God speaks to our hearts, we need to examine our lives to see if our Lord Jesus Christ would say the same thing to us. We need to know that the tests and trials of this life are tools that God uses to build our perseverance, endurance, and faith in Him. We know this because God says in James 1:2-4, “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” So, when we are facing tests and trials, we need to consider them pure joy. We also need to ask God not to let us miss what He is teaching us because we know He’s using those trials and tests to build us up in Him. No doubt, the believers in Ephesus faced their own tests and trials daily and our Lord Jesus Christ told them they were doing well because they had persevered, endured, and not grown weary. We must also guard against growing weary in the ministries God has called us to. For, in due time we will reap if we don’t grow weary (Galatians 6:9).
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about your perseverance, endurance and about not growing weary?
2. How are you currently persevering and enduring, and what is God teaching you as you do persevere and endure?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!