Just now I was reviewing the past few days of journal entries. For three days the word “diligence” was repeated. Both in the passages to which the Lord directed me, and in some of my reactions to those passages.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines diligence as, “Constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent application and endeavour; industry, assiduity.”
Diligence appears numerous times in our Bibles. One of those places is Deuteronomy 4:9 – 10 (here @ Bible Gateway), there we are exhorted to keep our soul’s diligently. In that same passage we are challenged to not forget, but remember, what the Lord has done.
Diligence appears earlier in Deuteronomy 6:4 – 7 (here @ Bible Gateway). We are to engage with equipping, teaching our sons, diligently.
Then in 2 Peter the words diligent and remember are joined yet again. Consider:
Then again in 2 Timothy 2:15 (here @ Bible Gateway).
What do we make of all of this? Perhaps, being a Christian is not easy. Perhaps, it takes effort? Perhaps it is more than just showing up at a church once a week.
There are two very interesting quotes that I have found in the last few months. I will share them tomorrow. They may shed some light on this as well.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines diligence as, “Constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent application and endeavour; industry, assiduity.”
Diligence appears numerous times in our Bibles. One of those places is Deuteronomy 4:9 – 10 (here @ Bible Gateway), there we are exhorted to keep our soul’s diligently. In that same passage we are challenged to not forget, but remember, what the Lord has done.
Diligence appears earlier in Deuteronomy 6:4 – 7 (here @ Bible Gateway). We are to engage with equipping, teaching our sons, diligently.
Then in 2 Peter the words diligent and remember are joined yet again. Consider:
- 2 Peter 1:5 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- 2 Peter 1:10 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- 2 Peter 1:15 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- 2 Peter 3:1 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- 2 Peter 3:14 (here @ Bible Gateway)
Then again in 2 Timothy 2:15 (here @ Bible Gateway).
What do we make of all of this? Perhaps, being a Christian is not easy. Perhaps, it takes effort? Perhaps it is more than just showing up at a church once a week.
There are two very interesting quotes that I have found in the last few months. I will share them tomorrow. They may shed some light on this as well.
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