A Sense Of Urgency, Direction, And Endurance

The Arctic Tern is one of the most remarkable birds in the world. It migrates farther than any other bird, traveling late in August from its nesting place within the Arctic Circle to its winter “lodgings” in Antarctica and then back to the Arctic Circle again — an annual round trip of more than 44,000 miles! (see video).

These small birds make their long trip on nothing but a sense of urgency, direction, and endurance that God has put within them.

Similarly, God has placed within us as Christians, a sense of urgency, direction, and endurance — a power which both directs and drives our life.

The apostle Paul tells us:

“for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13) and “To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily” (Colossians 1:29).

Let us therefore, “be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets