Introduction: Do you ever feel like “GIVING UP”? We’re not home yet! God is not finished with you. God reminds us through Paul (I believe the author, inspired by the Holy Spirit), do not go BACKWARD but PRESS FORWARD to maturity in Christ.

 

There are three ways to PRESS on:

 

1. Don’t Give Up Your “CONFIDENCE”! (Heb. 10:35) – “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.”

 

Some things NEED TO be thrown away — clutter.
Some things DO NOT need to be thrown away — “confidence” (παρρησία (parrhesia), which means freedom, boldness).
Payback on the way — rewards.

 

2. Don’t Forget to Hold On to “PATIENCE”! (Heb. 10:36) – “For ye have need of PATIENCE, that after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.”

 

To know the will of God — “PATIENCE” (ὑπομονή (hupomone), meaning endurance, steadfastness, to remain under).
To do the will of God.

 

3. Remember, JESUS Is Coming Soon! (Heb. 10:37) – “For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.”

 

Keep Looking Up.
Keep Looking Out.

 

Conclusion: It is easy to get discouraged these days. Constant focus on “The BIG Picture” — God’s purpose and plan — will keep us motivated to not GO BACK but to PRESS ON, loving, serving, and waiting for JESUS to come again. That will be worth it all!

 

PRESS ON!!

 

Love y’all,
Pastor Randy Reese