"Endure" Deuteronomy 34:1-4

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,  And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.  And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. - Deuteronomy 34:1-4

This is a great testimony of endurance.  Even though Moses wasn't allowed to enter the Promised Land, God in his mercy and grace allowed Moses to see all that God would hand over to his people.  Moses had endured.  In spite of all that went on, he had endured.  It was like he had this internal compass that just kept pointing him down God's road.  And God rewarded his faithfulness. 
I know there have been times in my life when I just didn't understand what was going on.  I just couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.  A few years ago, my brother in law was diagnosed with brain cancer and he was given a few months to live.  He wasn't saved at the time.  Up to that point, I had never prayed for anything more earnestly than I did then.  I prayed for his healing.  I prayed for him to get saved before he died.  I prayed for my sister to have strength and to draw close to God.  I prayed and prayed.  I went to the hospital when he was in a coma and I just sat there and read Psalms to him.  Before one of the surgeries he went in for, I fasted for three days before.  I prayed for God not to take him until he got saved.  I begged God not to take him.  The day after his surgery, he accepted Christ as his Savior.  Through that whole time I just followed my internal compass. I just kept expecting God to show His glory in the whole situation.  A few short months later, Jim died.  I didn't ask why.  He was only 43.  He had lived for two years instead of two months, but he still died.  God allowed me one of those Pisgah moments at his funeral.  I saw the gospel being plainly presented to a group of people who had never heard the salvation message at his graveside.  I saw people asking me about church and asking me about Jim's testimony.  I don't know if anyone got saved that day, but I know that a seed was planted and I saw God working in the hearts of many that day.  I saw in my own life how I had grown and I saw God's power through it all.  I'm not trying to say that I have some special in with God that no one else has.  I'm no stronger than the next guy.  I'm not anything special yet I endured. What about you?  Are you allowing your internal compass to guide you down God's road?  Are you enduring, even when you don't see how anything good can come of what you're going through?  I promise you, that if you endure, you will be rewarded.  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. -Romans 8:28