I’ve been praying for two weeks that God would give me my “word” for the year. This idea of having a word be the theme for me over the next 365 days is pretty new to me as I’ve only heard about it the last two years. I like it because I tend to move in one direction one day and another another day! I’ve done this for quite some time now so I thought this year I would give it a try. There’ve been a few times I thought I had it but nothing stuck until I was reading from Luke 18 the other day.
“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” ... This kings heart was hard but because this woman kept coming back to him he finally said I give in. This woman was persistent! As soon as I read this, I knew God gave me my word. PERSISTENCE. I'm working on some lyrics right now for an EP I would love to put out this year. I’m in the middle of learning Tagalog. And, my wife and I fight for kids who can’t fight for themselves. In all these things, God says keeping praying. Keep going back to the page for lyrics. Keep advocating for these kids. “My kids.” Keep getting headaches from looking at words that are as long as the margins are from one another. Maybe this word is for you this year? Maybe you’re really wanting to give up on something that God is saying, keep pushing! I’m writing this to say persistence is key in any endeavor. Rome wasn’t built in a day so keep pushing and when you can’t anymore push harder. “…For in due season we will reap, if we do not five up.” Galatians 6:9
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