The Fellowship of the Persistent

The list of Christian heroes is populated by the persistent. It’s one thing to follow God the first moment you notice His voice, when His presence is obvious; it’s quite another to stay with Him through the rest of your life. The book of Hebrews speaks of those who walked away from the usual demands of life to follow God into eternity, and at one critical juncture in the story, the author makes an important point: "they would have had opportunity to return." (Hebrews 11:15)