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Scripture: Proverbs 21:5



The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Why do we need to be diligent? Why keep persevering in a task? Why doesn’t God make things so easy for children? It is because it is in the arena of perseverance that true character is forged out, shaped, tempered and polished.

It is in the daily grind that the character of Jesus is given the maximum opportunity to be reproduced in us. It is through diligence that we are equipped with a tough reliable set of convictions that enable us to handle life’s challenges rather than flee from them.

Listen to how the Apostle Paul puts it in Romans 5:3-4: “We also rejoice in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope”.

Because life is a task, we need strength to face it, not speed to flee from it. When the foundations shake beneath our feet, when Christian friends, even leaders , fall into immorality, when the anchor points of civilization disappear, when the bottom drops out and brutal blows push us up against the ropes and pound the very life out of us, - willingness to face whatever comes, determination to stand firm, insight to see the Lord’s hand in everything and character enough to continue knowing that Christ is not just with us but in us.

Without diligence, we will stumble and fall. With it, we will survive and conquer. The astute of this world are wise enough to recognize that no advance can be made in life without diligence, how much more ought we, who name the Name of Christ and have Him living within us.



Prayer: O Lord, help me fashion the important quality of diligence. Help me never to forget that the rewards are more than the cost. Scriptural Reading: Proverbs 21:1-15