Wednesday, May 14 You need endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the fulfillment of the promise.​—Heb. 10:36.

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Wednesday, May 14

You need endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the fulfillment of the promise.—Heb. 10:36.

 

Some of Jehovah’s servants have been waiting for the end of this system of things for a long time. From a human standpoint, the fulfillment of God’s promise might seem to be delaying. Jehovah addressed that concern when he assured the prophet Habakkuk: “The vision is yet for its appointed time, and it is rushing toward its end, and it will not lie. Even if it should delay, keep in expectation of it! For it will without fail come true. It will not be late!” (Hab. 2:3) Did God provide that assurance for the benefit of Habakkuk only? Or do His words have meaning for us today? Under inspiration, the apostle Paul applied those words to Christians, who are in expectation of the new world. (Heb. 10:37) Yes, we can be sure that even if our promised deliverance seems to delay, “it will without fail come true. It will not be late!” w23.04 30 ¶16