2Sam23:10;he arose,and smote the Philippines until his hand was weary and his hand clave unto the sword.
When a band of philistines threatened to attack a plot of ground full of barley the rest of Israel fled before them,but Eleazar stood his ground and stuck down the philistines until his hand was weary and clave to his sword.which brought about a great victory in the name of the Lord.
"HIS HAND CLAVE TO THE SWORD" that is,he had held on so firmly and so persistently that he now could not let go when he wanted.his sword had almost become a part of his hand.he is in great weariness with the fight,bt he sees it through to the end.
We might take up things and start them with zest,but leaves a whole host of unfinished things all over the place.our lives marked with unfinished things,we begin in good spirit,but nothing is carried through to the end.when we get to a point of tedium,of weariness,a point where the cost or the danger increases,our hand slackens and the thing is not finished.
There's a lot in the NT. About enduring unto the end.
Spiritual stamina is a test of greatness.
We(Christains) do need Spiritual stamina to stick to a task,go through it and not give up.our hand cleaving to our sword(the Word of God).we have got into this thing,and we just can't let go,it's not even a question now of wether we want to let go,we have to be so committed to the task before us.a mark of greatness is that stamina which goes beyond the initial zest,beyond all the stimulus of a fresh challenge in any situation in our lives.
So Eleazar's hand clave to his sword.he was weary,but he finished the job.he was not put off half-way through.he proved his stamina.it may be all right to go down into a pit and slay a lion and get it over with in a few minutes or to go up to a giant and give him a blow and that's the end of the business(2Sam23:20-21) but it is another thing to Stand and Fight man after man,raid after raid,rush after rush,repelling constantly renewed attacks.
David's warriors never gave up untill the fight was finished.there stamina is remarkable.in like manner we find Paul continuing to the end.weary,heart sick,workout inthe battle,but he can yet say"i have finished the course"(2Tim4:7).
Brethren,there is no giving up.
May we finish our course in Jesus name,amen.

The people who know their God shall stand firm and take action. (Daniel 11:32 ESV)

How much do you depend upon conferences and teachers to keep you going? Must you attend meetings just because you feel that the last lot you got has been used up and you must get a fresh supply? Or have you been emancipated from all human props and put into a place of glorious independence, because you KNOW YOUR GOD? It doesn't matter if you are plunged into the middle of the Sahara, you know your God and can stand independently of all natural helps – this thing has become YOU! That is the kind of knowledge that means power. That is the kind of experience which overcomes the world. That is the kind of thing that makes all the other systems go down, and you rise triumphantly above them. That was the secret of the apostolic church. Let kings do what they like, let the people rage – it goes on, and it is the Roman Empire that goes to pieces before this thing, and not this thing that goes down before the Roman Empire. It is an indep endent personal knowledge of God, resultant from an inward birth, that lives. Not only an objective truth, but a subjective power, and it is a great day when the slightest fragment of known truth becomes a vital personal experience in its working ability. That is what we want. First-hand knowledge, not second-hand truth.

May God work this into our very beings until it becomes us. Take it in fragments if you like, and ask the Lord to work it out in you and make it live in you...

Be strong in the Lord, relying on His mighty strength. (Ephesians 6:10 ISV)

The Lord does not put us in glass houses to grow us, to be His trees; the Lord does not protect us from the storms, the adversities; He exposes us to the bitter winds and the scorching suns of adversity and trial. The Lord is working in us that which is according to His own Nature – eternity, the enduring, the everlasting God – that which will not be easily or hardly carried away. He is putting substance in you. Oh, today we fear that the appeal to become Christians is so often in terms of having an easy or a good time; being happy and enjoying yourself; well, thank God for ALL divine joy, but this is true to the House, to the City, that the first thing the Lord is working toward and seeking to work into His people is that substantial, steadfast, enduring faithfulness that is according to His own nature. Substantial! Oh for substantial Christians that don’t need coddling and nursing and running after all the time; being pande red to to get them to go on or stand up. Men and women like cedars of Lebanon; like the hewn stones – weighty, accountable, and responsible to carry weight – and all that is meant by strength.

I can only remind you again of what a large place that has in the Word of God: be strong, be strong in the Lord in the strength of His might, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Think again. Want to understand why the winds are allowed to blow so fiercely... the storms? To get us away from that natural, easy-going-ness or cheapness, lightness, frivolousness and to make us people of weight. Strength – through testing, through adversity – strength... to endure throughout all ages. There is much which is going to be carried away in the last great testing, and if, therefore, trial and adversity is the only way to deepen us, to put caliber into us, I suppose we must expect more of it as the time shortens..

1Cor:16:13
New American Standard Bible.
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Colossians1:11
being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience ...

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2Thes3:5.May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

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Thank you Jesus

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