There is one thing that no human being gets to negotiate in this life: we will all be assigned some struggles. These struggles have a wide variety of intensity, but nobody gets a free pass. Scripture teaches that our days will be full of trouble and that we only enter the Kingdom after much tribulation. The beautiful thing for the Christian is that we do not navigate trouble alone. This passage from Hebrews reminds us of those who have gone before us, including Jesus himself. Even better, Jesus lives within us, so we are empowered to endure and overcome all that this life presents us. There is a danger that we might become weary, bitter or fatalistic in our attitudes. When we intentionally keep Jesus’ example and words central in our thinking, we learn how to endure alongside of Him by faith, and we eventually experience His assigned breakthrough in the midst of our assigned challenges.