Set Your Face Like Flint
Do you occasionally face tasks that seem impossible? Yet, you refuse to quit? Instead, you set your face like flint and finish the job before you?
Flint is a hard, dark rock.
It was often used in earlier times to make tools and start fires. Flint also makes strong stone walls.
To set your face like flint means to be determined.
When you face difficulties, you refuse to give up. Instead, you:
- Focus on the task before you.
- Dedicate yourself to its completion.
The prophet Isaiah described the Messiah, Jesus, as having “set my face like flint.”
Isaiah tells of Jesus’ determination to complete the role of a suffering servant. Jesus sacrificed His life on a cross to make eternal life possible for all who accept His gift.
You can follow Jesus’ example.
Life gets hard. Many tasks are tough. However, with God’s help, you can endure. You can keep on keeping on. You can also make a positive difference in an often negative world.
“Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame” (Isaiah 50:7 NIV).
Thanks to Linda Russell for the suggestion. Image by Wesley Rocha from Pixabay
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