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Classic: The Discipline Of Spiritual Tenacity
Be still, and know that I am God. — Psalm 46:10
Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. The greatest fear a man has is not that he will be damned, but that Jesus Christ will be worsted, that the things He stood for – love and justice and forgiveness and kindness among men – will not win out in the end; the things He stands for look like will-o’-the-wisps. Then comes the call to spiritual tenacity, not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately on the certainty that God is not going to be worsted.
If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means that they are being purified. There is nothing noble the human mind has ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled. One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience.”
Remain spiritually tenacious.
Updated: The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance
Be still, and know that I am God… —Psalm 46:10
Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. Perseverance means more than just hanging on, which may be only exposing our fear of letting go and falling. Perseverance is our supreme effort of refusing to believe that our hero is going to be conquered. Our greatest fear is not that we will be damned, but that somehow Jesus Christ will be defeated. Also, our fear is that the very things our Lord stood for— love, justice, forgiveness, and kindness among men— will not win out in the end and will represent an unattainable goal for us. Then there is the call to spiritual perseverance. A call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated.
If our hopes seem to be experiencing disappointment right now, it simply means that they are being purified. Every hope or dream of the human mind will be fulfilled if it is noble and of God. But one of the greatest stresses in life is the stress of waiting for God. He brings fulfillment, “because you have kept My command to persevere…” (Revelation 3:10).
Continue to persevere spiritually.
한글: 영적 불굴의 연단
시 46:10 “가만히 있어 내가 하나님 됨을 알지어다”
불굴은 인내보다 더 많은 의미를 갖고 있습니다. 우리가 바라보는 것이 반드시 실현될 것이라는 절대적인 확신과 그 소망을 바라며 인내하는 것이 합쳐질 때 이를 불굴이라고 합니다. 불굴은 실패할까 두려워 매달려 있는 상태가 아닙니다. 불굴은 그의 영웅이 패배하지 않을 것을 강하게 믿고 앞으로 나아가는 것입니다. 제자들의 최대의 두려움은 자신들이 망하게 되는 것이 아니었습니다. 예수 그리스도께서 패배하실지도 모른다는 두려움이었습니다. 곧, 주께서 보장하셨던 사랑, 공의, 용서, 자비가 결국 승리하지 못하고 수포로 돌아갈지도 모른다는 두려움이었습니다. 이때 영적 불굴을 촉구하는 음성이 들립니다. 그 음성은 아무 것도 하지 않으면서 그냥 견디라는 음성이 아니라 하나님께서 결코 패배하지 않는다는 확신 가운데 구체적으로 일을 진행시켜 나가라는 음성입니다.
만일 당신의 소망이 지금 난관을 겪고 있다면 이는 그 소망이 정결케 되고 있다는 뜻입니다. 고결한 꿈과 소망은 반드시 실현됩니다. 인생에 있어서 제일 힘든 것 중에 하나는 하나님을 기다리는 것입니다. 예수님께서 말씀하십니다. “네가 나의 인내의 말씀을 지켰은즉 내가 또한 너를 지키어 시험의 때를 면하게 하리니.” 그러므로 영적으로 불굴의 자세를 지니십시오.