{"id":2182,"date":"2020-11-12T04:19:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T10:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2020-11-12T04:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T10:20:00","slug":"perseverance-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/perseverance-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Persevering Faith&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-297 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/devakut01.jpg?resize=147%2C147&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"147\" \/>Faith <em>perseveres<\/em> in the way of life&#8230; \u201cYou who have clung to the LORD your God are all alive today\u201d (Deut. 4:4). The Hebrew word <em>devakut<\/em> (\u05d3\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea) means &#8220;cleaving&#8221; and refers to communion with God. This word comes from <em>davak<\/em> (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7), meaning to &#8220;cling&#8221; or &#8220;stick&#8221; (the Modern Hebrew word for \u201cglue\u201d is <em>devek<\/em> (\u05d3\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e7) which also comes from the same root, as does the Yiddish word \u201c<em>davka<\/em>\u201d). Devakut, then, implies being intimately connected with God in an earnest and passionate relationship&#8230;. The sages comment that we can cleave to God only one day at a time, since our future is conditioned upon this present day and its challenges. As Yeshua said: \u201cTake therefore no thought for tomorrow: for tomorrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient for the day its own trouble\u201d (Matt. 6:34). One day at a time. The LORD gives us daily bread (\u05dc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b6\u05dd \u05d7\u05bb\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc) so that we may persevere for this day; he feeds us with hunger to teach us to rely on alone him for true life (Deut. 8:3). \u201cFor he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand today &#8212; if you hear his voice\u201d (Psalm 95:7). Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart (Heb. 3:15). \u201cTake care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God, but encourage one another every day, as long as it is called &#8220;today,&#8221; so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin\u201d (Heb. 3:12-13).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/psalm63-8-analysis.gif?resize=499%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2182-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/psalm63-8-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/psalm63-8-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/psalm63-8-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/psalm63-8-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Psalm 63:8 Hebrew Card<\/strong><\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith perseveres in the way of life&#8230; \u201cYou who have clung to the LORD your God are all alive today\u201d (Deut. 4:4). The Hebrew word devakut (\u05d3\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea) means &#8220;cleaving&#8221; and refers to communion with God. This word comes from davak (\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7), meaning to &#8220;cling&#8221; or &#8220;stick&#8221; (the Modern Hebrew word for \u201cglue\u201d is devek (\u05d3\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e7) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions\/2186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}