Discipline of Perseverance
Hebrews 12:1-3 presents a picture of perseverance in four commands.
Divest! “Lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely” (v. 1a). That includes besetting sin, and anything else that hinders.
Run! “…with endurance the race that is set before us” (v. 1b). Each of us can finish our race (see also 2 Timothy 4:7).
Focus! “Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith” (v. 2). There never was a millisecond that he did not trust the Father.
Consider! Our life is to be spent considering how Jesus lived (v. 3).
- R. Kent Hughes
