There are no rest periods now as far as diligence for your soul is concerned, as far as the state of your faith is concerned. You must be diligent. We must continually press toward the growth of all Christian graces in our souls. The evidence of the grace of Christ being in us is its growth. Hope gives evidence that it is in us by growing up.
Life gives the evidence of itself by growth.
Where there is life, there will be growth. We want this hope to grow in us. We do not want to go through life with just a little flicker of the light of hope now and then, occasionally. But we want that hope to be as a floodlight upon our pathway. We want that hope to be like concrete under our feet, so that we do not sink into the mire of doubt.