Steadfastness

“Steadfastness” means “firm, inner strength.” Colossians 1:21-24 says, “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.” Colossians 2:5 describes the “stedfastness of your faith in Christ.”

God doesn’t want us going anywhere. He wants us to obey the gospel and then stay there. Christians are not to be wavering (Ephesians 4:14), but stand like the wise man on the rock (Matthew 7:24-25). The devil is going to do everything he can to turn you away from faithfulness (1 Peter 5:8), but by the strength of will you need to resist the various works of the flesh and determine to walk by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26).

Kyle Campbell