Vs. 36 says what we all need to hear - “You have need of endurance!” – Our flesh wants out of every uncomfortable thing in our lives; we want to run from all suffering. But as we learned in our recent study of James, God custom designs every trial in our lives to do us good and not harm; by suffering He teaches us to be patient, to endure, while under pressure without abandoning our faith. So, God’s council is this, don’t turn back, stay the course as you did in the beginning, and when you have done “the will of God you will receive the promise” – (see Hebrews 6:12, 15; 9:15; 11:13, 17, 39)

Satan will roar against us. The world will allure us. Those things are inevitable; but so is this: ‘The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us’ (Romans 8:18). At the end of our lives whether we die of natural causes or we are murdered for our faith, we shall be with Christ! We will be like Christ! We shall see him as he is, ‘face to face’! Our God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes forever! When we have entered glory with Christ, there will be no more sorrow, because there will be no more sin! Therefore, be patient, endure to the end where all the promises will be fulfilled.

All God’s children must patiently endure the hardships of life, but one day it will come to an end,

37 FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY. 38 BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.