CHARLES CASH
Type: Bulletin
MAKING THE DIFFERENCE
Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure
2 Peter 1.10
Diligence is so vital to any enterprise or undertaking. Someone has said, Never itch for anything you aren’t willing to scratch for. What can mean more to us than the end result of diligence in making our calling and election sure, which Peter describes as a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1.11.
Diligence is earnestness, haste, zeal! It is earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything. In verse five diligence is prefaced by all. In other words, we are to bend every effort. The difference between the impossible and the possible often lies in a person’s determination.
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing right. Solomon would say, Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all you might. If you don’t have time to do the job right, where will you find the time to do it over?
Are we truly diligent in our undertakings, and especially in our service to God? Few wishes come true by themselves! The desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Proverbs 13.4. Solomon is simply saying diligence pays off—So...
Bite off more than you can chew and chew it;
Plan more than you can do and do it;
Hitch your wagon to star,
Keep your seat - and there you are.
—CHARLES CASH
Siloam Springs, AR
