11 November

Joss Billings wrote, ‘Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.’ ‘Stickability’ is also a key to the Christian life. If you want to learn to read the Bible, to pray, to resist evil or whatever else, learn to persevere. The writer of Hebrews encourages his readers not to be ‘quitters’ but ‘to stick it out’ (vv.34–39, MSG). 
It is this passionate concern of God for the poor, the downtrodden and the lost that inspired Ezekiel, and that has inspired go, in and out, in and out, I’ll fight; while there is a poor lost girl upon the street, I’ll fight; while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight – I’ll fight to the very end.’