The Principle Of Holding On Exemplified By Christ's Life

Luke 9:62  And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Not only did our LORD Insist on this...

He Emphasized it in His life. 

For all His meekness, Nothing Could Divert Him from the Allotted Path of His vocation. 

Think, for instance, of that day when He was summoned to the bed of Jairus' daughter. 

In the crowded street a woman touched Him, and He instantly felt that "virtue had gone out of him." 

But the original is far more striking in the light it sheds upon the Lord...

He felt that the Power had gone out of Him. 

All of us are familiar with such seasons, when Power seems to be utterly exhausted. 

In such seasons we cannot face the music; the grasshopper becomes a Burden. 

And the Beautiful thing about our LORD is how, after such an experience as that...

He Held To It In Quiet Trust On GOD. 

He knew, in all its strength, the recurring temptation to give over. 

He had to Reinforce His Will Continually for the Great Triumph of Continuing. 

Through days of weakness...

Through seasons of exhaustion...

Through hours when His soul was sorrowful unto death...

He Held To The Task Given Him Of GOD. 

It is Very Easy to Hold On when we are Loved and Honored and Appreciated...

When our strength is equal to our problem...

When the birds are singing in the trees...

But to Hold To It when All the sky is Dark is the Finest Heroism in the world,...

And that was the Heroism of the LORD.  

~George Morrison