Godly Success In Marriage

Staying Power

I was reading Stu Weber’s “Tender Warrior – God’s Intention for a Man”, and much encouraged by what he mentioned on the need for “staying power”. Here is what he says:

“The ability to make and keep promises is central to manhood. It may be trite to say that “a man’s word is his bond” but it is never trite to see it in action. It is a man at his best – giving his word and making good on it, making a promise and keeping it. The calling of every man is to offer stability to a world full of chaos. Certainty to a jungle of unpredictability. Consistency to a world of flux. Security to an insecure place.

We live in a “hope so” world. There are few certainties in this life. Ours is a world of dreams, hopes, and wishful thinking. Everyone “hopes” their ship will come in...

Promise making and keeping is at the heart of godliness. At the heart of God – at the very core of His nature – is the making and keeping of promises. All the Scripture hangs on the promise – a series of covenants. A man’s promise is an awesome power…

Staying power. The bottom line? Stay with it, man. Stick by your commitments. Stand by your promises. Never, never let go, no matter what.

When marriage isn’t fun…stay in it.
When parenting is over your head…stay at it.
When work is crushing your spirit…don’t let it beat you.
When your children let you down…pick them up.
When you wife goes through a six-month mood swing…live with it.

Understand that the heart of staying power is SACRIFICE – giving one’s self up for the good of another. For the ultimate example of staying power, our eyes have only to lock in on the Lord Jesus Christ. When He could have turned away from the cross, He stayed on course, setting His face like a flint, all the way to Calvary. When He could have come down from the cross and sidestepped the suffering, He stayed. When He could have summoned armies of angels to deliver Him and called down divine air strikes on His adversaries, He stayed. He persevered and “stayed under” all the way until that moment came when He could cry out, “It’s finished!”.


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posted by Lighthouse @ 9:49 PM