Perseverance is only relevant in difficulties, and we are, in fact, very difficult people for God to deal with. Our Creator God has created us for himself, and we respond too often with indifference or a quest for adolescent independence. Put even more personally, we are his beloved, but, in the face of God’s unexplainable and lavish love, we pursue other lovers who ultimately abandon us. In this context, God reveals his perseverance with us.
