3 Most Powerful Tools To Become Persistence (Keep Moving Forward)

This article is written for people that have tried everything they think possible to get to a solution but have found none. Many articles that are written on persistence are only good for a while but later looses it efficacy because some problems are beyond human understanding irrespective of what philosophy is saying. Despite this, one thing remains the same; problems are greater than problems…

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Many of the time, life presents to us situations that tend to make us want to go back to where we are coming from. Sometimes we even become stuck to a place and not knowing what to do as our experiences and ideas has lost its usefulness because all alternatives and believed solutions seems futile and hard times seems to get the better part of us. Then, we are mostly forced into making regretful decisions with which without grace are not helpful to our destinies.

In our childhood, we hoped to become many things; we hoped to build very big houses, buy airplane, buy big fancy cars, become these, become that. But as times passed, those desires die gradually. They didn’t die because they were not good or we didn’t desire anymore, but because we have been faced with the realities of life: life is not a bed of roses. So we discover that while we were yet kids we lived in fantasies which mostly cannot be actualize till we die.

As we grow older, we realize that the things we desired as kids require much time, thoughts, and painful actions before they can be achieved. The demands of our destinies then caused us to choose among varieties of choices for which we are to part with. In the quest for the actualization of these chosen paths, we discover that at some point there are frictions that prevent us from moving. These frictions, some of the time resist our every effort to move. At this point, we are left with difficult decisions we never thought of making at the beginning. These decisions really do not help in our quest at all; rather they prevent us from getting what we want.

At this point follow these principles and see how far you will go:

1.     Build your Faith around God’s Faithfulness

People of the world believe in their wealth, connections etc. but God’s children believe in there God; no wonder Daniel said; “They that know their God will do exploit” (Dan. 11:32b).

The scripture from Genesis to Revelation is filled with God’s promises and faithfulness in difficulties towards His people. All we need to overcome this problem is to build our faith on His faithfulness. He has never failed neither can He fails. Even if the problem looks like God has failed you or it is over, know that the God we serve is a mysterious God who works in mysterious ways, He may not answer you when you wanted Him to but when He wants to. This is all because of His glory.

Hebrew chapter eleven is a book for building faith. It is characterized by people that faced challenging situation that no philosophy could solve except God. This book has taught me to understand that what keep people going in difficult times is hope and not what they are seeing; “For we walk by faith not by sight” admonished Paul in 2 Cor. 5:7.

Keep faith on God and keep moving forward, certainly your effort will be very visible sooner. The number of people that quit almost when they were about to win is becoming alarming because the entire world is running out of patient, wanting solutions now or never.

Bear in mind that; after four days Lazarus was brought back to life (John 11:38-44). After 12 years the woman with the issue of blood was healed by mere touch of the garment (Luke 8:43-48). Even in old age Sarah and Elizabeth were found with children (Gen. 17, 18 Luke 1:5-25). With mere raise of a staff, the Red sea was divided in to two (Exo.14:21). With mere words the universe came into place (Gen. 1, John 1:1-3). With only three hundred men, Gideon conquered thousands (Judges 7). In the land of slavery, Joseph and Daniel became rulers (Gen. 41:37-44, Daniel 2:48). God is still doing good today. He is the same God yesterday, today and forever, He cannot change now. Please take out time to read Hebrew 11 with emphasis from verses 30 to 40. He didn’t forsake Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego in the midst of fire, restores Job’s possession, fell the walls of Jericho because of only praise etc. What is making you think it has forgotten you. Only have faith and keep pressing forward, the end of your tunnel may just be one more trial.

2.     Keep Moving

It may be very difficult to move at this point. Yes! That was even why you needed help. If you had noticed the efforts you had made merely have little or no effects at all so you think there is no point trying, after all its al getting nowhere.

But that’s a lie. Stop a bit and rethink, what happens to other clocks when you remove battery from one. Do you notice they just keep moving? If you put back the battery it joins the others to move. If you put a partially bad battery it still indicates some form of movement. If you put a completely dead battery, it completely stops moving. It is the same as removing the battery. Every effort we make has an effect on our problems; we are only too expectants or eager to leave to notice this change. What takes people to greater height is continuously making little steps one after the other. It is always very difficult to notice the movement of the sun from the east to the west because it is very slow but certainly it is moving. Although it may look foolish or unrewarding to keep acting but just keep acting. You may not see the change today that doesn’t mean there is no change. That is what makes it life; that sometimes small things bring big results and sometimes big things brings small results and vice versa.

In Exodus 14, Israel was met with the most difficult situation of their lives. The Red sea in front of them and raging hundreds of chariots and soldiers of pharaoh at their back. They cried a cry which every one of us could have cried; “Then they said to Moses, ‘Because there is no grave have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?...” For it would have been better to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness (vs 11, 12) but God didn’t see it with them, rather He saw something different. Moses had been comforting the people with the command; “Stand still” but no, they ought to keep moving so the Lord rebuked Moses; “Tell the children of Israel to go forward” and as they were picking up their luggage He said to Moses; “Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it (Exodus 14:11-16). At times difficult times make us forget that God can do all things. So we forget that there is nothing impossible with God (Luke. 1:37). It also makes us forget the joy of achieving our goals so we always want to quit, but if we must discover if we can actually succeed then we must keep pressing forward.

3.     Pray! Pray!! Pray!!!

“The He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not to loose heart (faint) …” Luke 18:1. If there is anytime our prayer life should be fired it should be in hard times. Mind you, this does not mean we relax in good times. Have you ever notice, that whenever we are drenched by rain, our clothes always glued to our body? That is how it is in our days of difficulties; we are likely to be closer to God than ever, both in service and in prayer.

Prayers most of the time are not answered because they are done with the wrong motive and in the wrong way; “You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss; that you may spend on your pleasures” (James 4:3). Prayers must be done with humility and pureness of heart. Luke 18:1-8, if deduced, shows importance of consistent prayer that was why Paul admonished the Thessalonians to “Pray without ceasing”. We need constant prayers because it keeps the spirit alive. “Quench not the spirit” 1 Thessalonians 5:19.

We have all passed through this dark tunnel one time or the other with our burdens all different from each other but our God is still faithful and just to do all we can ever ask or think. Keep working and hoping, God is still there for you. Don’t let problem weigh you down that you cannot acknowledge God’s presence and power in your situation again. That is what the devil wants to squeeze out of you. Be vigilant!