In the last fifteen days or so, we have made a study in Cor Unum of the Biblical injunctions which are given in the book of Romans, of which there are about THIRTY in only twenty-one verses. Once again, here are those we have cited in last two weeks . . .

Let love be without hypocrisy

Abhor what is evil

cling to what is good.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love;

give preference to one another in honor;

not lagging behind in diligence,

fervent in spirit,

serving the Lord;

rejoicing in hope,

and, today’s entry, persevering in tribulation!

Just when we were doing so well! We were loving and serving and preferring and hating evil … what tribulation???

The best answer is . . . the kind that will enable us to persevere in all the rest of these important instructions!

In Romans 5:3 it is written . . . “And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance . . .” EXULT? That is a very strong word!

List-making makes us feel virtuous; attending to our lists makes us glad; but it is perseverance that makes us strong and real.

So we are brought to the point: if we want to know the unending joy of hope, we must see to unending perseverance, always rejoicing, always hoping, always clinging to what is good. Tomorrow we will gaze upon earthly majesty, a help to us, for we must determine that in our lives, during our “reign” in life in King Jesus, tribulation must bow to good and glory, for we shall not give way.