I have been memorizing Hebrews 6. As I came to verse 12 I had a visual. It says, “That you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”

Back in 1986 we were on a short term mission trip in Costa Rica. I saw my first sloth. We stood there and watched it move imperceptibly. Which would you rather imitate, one who is diligent or one who is sluggish?

Diligence is a character quality of one who is able to endure no matter what the circumstance is. We require diligence with our thoughts. We will not endure successfully if we allow our mind to wander. We have to bring it back to focus on the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:18 says, “While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen…” Our circumstances are temporary ~ the Lord remains the same eternally.