Nov. 23
ACQUIRING PERSEVERANCE
"The Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little" Deut. 7:22
We are not to expect to win victories for the Lord Jesus by a
single blow. Evil principles and practices die hard. In some places it
takes years of labor to drive out even one of the many vices which
defile the inhabitants. We must carry on the war with all our might,
even when favored with little manifest success.
Our business in this world is to conquer it for Jesus. We are not
to make compromises, but to exterminate evils. We are not to seek
popularity, but to wage unceasing war with iniquity. Infidelity,
popery, drink, impurity, oppression, worldliness, error; these are all
to be "put out."
The Lord our God can alone accomplish this. He works by His
faithful servants; and, blessed be His name, He promises that He will
so work. "Jehovah thy God will put out those nations before thee."
This He will do by degrees, that we may learn perseverance, may
increase in faith, may earnestly watch, and may avoid carnal security.
Let us thank God for a little success, and pray for more. Let us never
sheathe the sword till the whole land is won for Jesus.
Courage, my heart! Go on little by little, for many littles will
make a great whole.