Have you ever made a structured routine in hopes of freeing up your life to be more present and joyful? I have adopted countless routines and tools to solve the problem of my own distractibility and help me give my family the best version of myself, our home, and our daily activities. Still, everything always seems to fall short. Today we’re going to talk about what the Bible says about being steadfast, and how it frees us to stay present in each season of motherhood.
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Take it Further:
Quotes:
- “Legalism either leaves you feeling good, and then self-righteousness grows, or feeling like a loser and then self-reproach grows, both will destroy your soul.” —Justin Kendrick, found on a recent newsletter from The Pour Over.
Scriptures Referenced:
- Micah 6:8 “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV which says: ”Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
- James 1:1-4 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
- “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!” Matthew 6:7-8 NLT
- “You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” Exodus 20:5-6 ESV
- Psalm 136 “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of Lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;” Psalm 136:1-3, 5 ESV
- “Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”” Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV
- Ephesians 2:10 ESV “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
- “if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13 ESV
- Proverbs 3:3, 11-12 ESV “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.”
Other Sources:
- Hedraios: Strong’s Concordance on the Greek word hedraios in Scripture: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g1476/esv/mgnt/0-1/
- hypomonē: Strong’s Concordance on the Greek word hypomonē in Scripture: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5281/esv/mgnt/0-1/
- ḥeseḏ: Strong’s Concordance on the Hebrew word ḥeseḏ in Scripture: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h2617/esv/wlc/0-1/
