Scripture
“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.” Hebrews 10:35

Observation
Keep pushing on. The first time I applied these verses to myself, pushing on seemed too hard and even unfair. I had been mistreated by others. I had been misunderstood. I lost things that I valued. A godly friend read to me the verses from this chapter and urged me to keep on pushing:

“Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.”

That was many, many years ago. In the years that followed, one bright door after another opened, not because of me but because of the hand of Christ that opened the way for me.

I see around me people who stopped pushing. The skid marks of their heavy load stop where they sit. Their lives have halted over some past disappointment. Urging them to move on is offensive to them.

And yet if we keep our confidence that there is a Saviour leading us, then it is not too much to ask us to keep pushing on to follow him.

Application

“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.”

These words seem warmed like a cookie in the microwave and served hot and fresh to my heart again today. The confidence is the thing not to be lost. It is an assurance that I have a Lord and he is leading me home.

Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, making you Lord means nothing until moments when life requires me to push on. The greatest hinderances are not external but internal in my heart. Sometimes I don’t want to. But I sludge through the slush of apathy and expect better things. There is reward for pushing. This I believe. Use that faith in me for your glory. Amen.