Jesus knows. Maria Sandberg,
Glimpses of Heaven, 1880. I know your works, your labor,
your patient endurance. You have persevered and have
endured hardships, and have labored for my name's sake, and have
not become weary. Revelation 2, 2 and 3. It is a great consolation to
the Christian to know that his Savior is omniscient, that he
knows his every thought, his every desire, his every motive,
everything concerning him. For although he is conscious
of much imperfection and sin, he is conscious also of the sincerity
of his desire after holiness and for the glory of God. And
his Savior knows this too. He can appeal to that omniscient
One whose eyes are as a flame of fire, and can say, Lord, You
know all things, You know that I love You. and he hears the
sweet response, I know your works, your labor, your patient endurance. You have persevered and have
endured hardships and have labored for my name's sake and have not
become weary. Jesus knows what others do not. He knows the difficulties you
have to encounter. both from within and from without. He knows all the temptations
you have to suffer. He knows the amount of labor
and patient endurance those things cost. Oh, let this encourage
you on your way to the kingdom of glory. Jesus knows all your
trials along the way. Great stress is here laid upon
the patient endurance of the saints. Christ especially noticed
their patient labor, their continuance in well-doing, their going on
from year to year in their labor of love for His name's sake. He knows, too, that it is not
their own glory which they are seeking, but His. He says, I
know that you have labored for My name's sake. Jesus knows that
you have not become weary, that you have persevered, that you
are persevering, and that you will persevere unto the end. From His throne in glory, where
He has provided a place for you to sit with Him, He says, I know
your works, your labor, your patient endurance, you have persevered
and have endured hardships, and have labored for my name's sake,
and have not become weary.