Joyfully Endure Until The End

Jesus is the only way to have eternal life, to have salvation and His way is not the easy way. Whatever anybody has told you, to follow Jesus will not be easy. Jesus said:”Whoever wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, every day, pick up his cross and follow Me.” Many people start out well. They say:”I will follow Jesus until the very end!” Very few endure until the end because Jesus takes you along a difficult road, a steep road, a road where you will be tested, where you will be tried, where you will be coached and disciplined. He will teach you His ways and many people refuse to go that road, because it's not an easy road. 
You cannot walk that road on your own. You cannot follow that road by a book, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW JESUS! There is no road map, you need to follow Jesus. You must OBEY Him. You must know Him. You must listen to His voice. You must have His Spirit in you and He must guide you. You cannot make it on your own. You will be tested and you will be tried and if you do not lean on Jesus you just won't make it. He said:”Take My yoke on you for my yoke is soft and My burden is light.” Why? Because He helps you carry it but you need to stay focused on Him. You need to be determined to follow Jesus. Some days will be very difficult. You will have to choose between pleasing yourself, your own pleasures, your own ambitions and obeying Jesus. You will have to choose between Jesus and friends. Will you choose Jesus and go with Him, or will you stay with your friends? Because then you have left Jesus. When things go difficult people start whining, moaning, complaining. Jesus is the only way and THAT IS THE ONLY WAY OUT! Either you walk that road and He will take you out or you are going to end up in hell! You will stay right where you are. Only those who STAY WITH JESUS and endure until the end, only those will make it.
Many do not want to obey Jesus, they don't want to obey His words. He said:”Repent and be baptized.” Many don't want to be baptized. He promised us the Holy Spirit to guide us. Many don't want the Holy Spirit. They say:”I've got a Holy Bible, and I go to church!” YOU DON'T HAVE JESUS! You need Jesus, nothing else. Jesus is the only way and unless your relationship with Jesus is such that you LISTEN to Him, you PRAY, you FOLLOW Him, you hear His voice; unless you are closely following Him you won't make it, because JESUS IS THE WAY. 
If you start whining and complaining He will let you go! Jesus said:”Whoever puts his hand to the plow and looks back, is not worthy of Me.” He is not begging you to follow Him. If you don't want to come, He will let you go! YOU need to endure until the end and you need to JOYFULLY FOLLOW HIM. If you don't love Him more than everything else you won't endure, because when you go through sickness and pain and tribulation you will have to choose. Am I going to whine and moan and complain or will I trust Him and say:”Lord, this is the road. If this is the dark road that You are taking me along, that's fine because I know I am with Jesus even though I have to go through pain.” You only learn to trust Him when things are going very very difficult. It is then that your faith is tested. Will you endure the test? Will you still stay with Jesus when you are persecuted, when things do not go well with you? Many people drop out!
We have to joyfully run this race until the end. We must endure, joyfully carry on and follow Jesus. If we don't there is no salvation!  We must endure until the end, we have to stay with Jesus ALL THE WAY UNTILL THE VERY END.
Are you following Jesus? Or have you dropped out? Or are you just religious? We need to stay close to Jesus and joyfully follow HIM every day. It's about your relationship with Him. Do you love Jesus more than anything?
May Jesus bless you.