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“Grit is the place where passion and perseverance meet.”

A thought by Mark Batterson from his book, Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be (p. 91). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

True Grit was one of the first movies I saw in a theater.  I loved John Wayne. That movie showed what Hollywood thought grit was.

Mark says, “Grit is an attitude— an unwillingness to give up, to give in. Grit is a sanctified stubborn streak! Even if you’re hanging on by a thread, you hang in there. No matter how many times you’ve been knocked down, you get back up! You keep on keeping on no matter what, no matter when, no matter how.”

He later says, “Jesus endured the pain of the cross by fixing his eyes on us— the joy of His salvation. When He was on the cross, we were on his mind. And the way we stay strong in the face of pain and suffering and trials is by fixing our eyes on Him!”

Hebrews 12:1-2 says, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.”

Mark goes on, “We have a cloud of witnesses cheering us on, and that gets the adrenaline pumping! But best of all, Jesus Himself is at the finish line waiting for us. That’s our second wind. If He hung on the cross for us, we can carry our cross for Him!”

Mark also says, “Don’t settle down! When the going gets tough, the tough get going. It’s never too late to be who you might have been.

“It takes tremendous grit to go after your dreams. It takes tremendous grit to fight for your marriage. It takes tremendous grit to be a true friend.”

Remember Jesus is with you and He will always be with you even to the end.  Will you keep at it and keep your eyes on Him?  Will you?

Yes, yes!
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