J.A. Matteson
Perspective is a gift of God; perseverance the fruit of His Spirit. "The LORD God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds' feet, and makes me walk on my high places" (Hab. 3:19). Narrow is the way and difficult the path that leads to vistas of magnificence. In the valley hoards of souls wag their heads contemptuously to those choosing the path less traveled, that way which promises difficulty and peril. Along the way a multitude of adversaries seek to persuade the traveller to turn back, the path is too difficult, and the One who promised delights unspeakable from the summit cannot be trusted. Those called by Him who resides in unapproachable light are not diswaded, but continue their assent undaunted. To their astonishment the higher they climb the stronger and nimbler their feet become to jump from stone to stone and the better they are able to see the sorrowful end of the masses who took the wide and easy path of the valley below.
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