Last Sunday, Pastor Steve talked about ‘settling in for the long haul,’ and persevering through challenging times. This is how great lives are made…
Albert Einstein once said of his accomplishments: “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
We tend to attribute Einstein’s greatness to his genius. He attributed it to his persistence.
Missionary and social reformer William Carey said something similar:
“I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.”
Like Einstein, Carey attributed his accomplishments not to his own brilliance, but to simple persistence.
I love both of these quotes because these strengths — persistence and perseverance — are strengths that anyone can choose to have.
You may never be as talented as you would like to be. You may never have access to the resources that you think you need. And you almost certainly won’t always get the immediate results that you’re hoping for …
…but you can plod. You can stay with problems longer than others do. And you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish.
Every day you can be as persistent as you want to be.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9)