You Have Persevered - Revelation 2:3

Rev 2:3 NIV

 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary

The seed has been sown. If we hold on to His truth and believe, we will find a harvest of fruit, now and in that time to come. When the seed is welcomed and received, it takes root in the name of the Most High.  

In the midst of the world is the peace of God, providing His strength amid  hardship and struggles.  Here in His green pasture we find rest, even as we labor in the ripening field.  We often find shape and clarity as we endure the heat of the refining fire of life.

John 15:21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

John 16:3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.

Luke 8:15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop

Romans 5:3-5 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us

James 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.

James 1:4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything

Psalms 37:7 Be still before the Lord

and wait patiently for him;

do not fret when people succeed in their ways,

when they carry out their wicked schemes.