Diligence separates the "be's" from the "wanna-be's" in most settings, because it takes diligence—staying with the mission until it is finished. Everyday we are faced with little missions or one big mission that initials us to walk in diligence until the mission is completed.
It takes work.
It takes perseverance.
It takes persistence.
At times work (or action), perseverance, and persistence may mean pouring into millions of minutes, thousands of hours, hundreds of days, and as many years that God has in order to fulfill the mission that is in front of us.
Diligence doesn't mean maintaining a frantic pace, but instead means moving forward in the flow and things God is leading, while maintaining a steady outlook and walk without putting undue pressure on ones self.
We can look in the Bible and see that diligence is a major theme, especially woven throughout the book of Proverbs:
- Proverbs 10:4
- Proverbs 12:11
- Proverbs 14:23
- Proverbs 18:9
- Proverbs 27:23-24
- Proverbs 28:19
- Proverbs 31:10-31
Most of all, as we continue walking in diligence we need to keep in mind the verse below for whom we are living a life of diligence and not make diligence another must in a long list of things to do.
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24
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