“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way. . . . A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked” (Psalm 37:7,16).

"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (I Peter 1:13).

In our text and the succeeding two verses, five commands are given to the believer striving to live godly lives. Let us look briefly at each one:

“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” (John 10:28,29).

“And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle” (Revelation 1:13).