Gloria Copeland — Endure Hardness Part 1

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Gloria Copeland

What were those instructions? You can find one of them in 2 Timothy 2:3. There Paul says, “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”

Notice Paul didn’t say, “If hard times come, endure them.” He simply said, “Endure hardness.”

There are no “ifs” about it. Hard times are going to come in the life of every believer. There will be times when circumstances will seem dark, when you face seemingly impossible obstacles—when defeat seems inevitable.

Some Christians get confused when those times come. “What’s happening here?” they cry. “I thought Jesus redeemed me from the curse!”

He did, but you can rest assured, Satan will challenge that redemption. He will try his best to steal it from you by pulling you off your walk of faith. Jesus warned us about that in the parable of the sower. He said:

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended (Mark 4:14-17).

Satan will not sit idly by while you sail through life, effortlessly believing the Word of God. He’ll pressure you with hard times. He’ll attack you with sickness or lack, and then lie to you, telling you God doesn’t care. He’ll try to convince you that God is not going to answer your prayer this time. He’ll attempt to talk you into believing there’s no way out and you’ll end up a miserable failure.

When those hard times come, don’t cave in to the pressure. Don’t give up. Stand on the Word of God and endure hardness like a good soldier.

Gloria Copeland

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