Finishing Strong
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” (Hebrews 12:1-3)
Today’s Morsel: If you have ever observed soldiers taking their physical fitness test, you will see many of them struggling on the last event, the two-mile run. Even though many of them have endurance and strength, the other four events prior to the last event just seem to drain or deplete them of that endurance and strength to make it to completion. So, as their leader, when my soldiers messed up or did something wrong at work, I would give them corrective punishment using one of the physical fitness events. This was legal and it related to their training and development. Paul said that we are in a race for eternal life. Therefore, if we are to finish strong, then we must see every challenge which comes our way as helping to strength our endurance, developing us, and helping us to be ready for the next challenge or event that may come our way. If you want to finish strong, then you must train and learn how to adapt and overcome. We don’t want the last event to be the one we fail.
Sing: Lord, I’m running, trying to make a hundred, ninety-nine and a half won’t do. Lord, I’m running, trying to make a hundred, ninety-nine and a half won’t do.
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