Hebrews 6:10 says, “For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” Do you pick up on the spirit of diligence?

Verse 11 says, “And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end.” Think of Paul as one we can imitate. 2 Timothy 4:7 says, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

I love his wording in Philippians 3:13. It says, “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” Paul didn’t get stuck in the past.

His wording in verse 14 typifies his character quality of endurance because of a diligent spirit. It says, “I press toward the goal…”