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Fighting the Good Fight

Sometimes I just want to take the easy way out.  I don’t want to fight anymore for what is right, I just want to quit and leave and do something drama free.  I don’t want to get involved in any more drama or fight with people that I care for.  I don’t want to be looked down on, rejected, I just don’t want to…  But again – look how many times “I” is used in those statements.  I am selfish so often.  What if Biblical times preachers said that.  What if they said – I am sorry, I am not going to fight for Christ because we are now being persecuted.  What if Paul had said, “I am in jail, I am being persecuted, I am just done.  I know the truth and I am going to heaven, screw everyone else”.  What if Noah had said, “everyone is making fun of me, there isn’t an ocean around here, and we don’t even know what he is talking about.  This boat is a lot of work and I am over it”. 

We have to follow God’s guidance, God’s vision, His will- if He is telling us to quit or to step back, but maybe not go down without a fight that is one thing.  Maybe He is telling us to fight, for reform, for peace, for HIM!!!  There are so many times in the Bible that our walk with Jesus is referred to as a fight, a race. 

2 Timothy 4:7-8 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith, Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day – and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”

Acts 20:24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

1 Corinthians 9:26 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.

I admire fighters, I admire those who want to do everything they can for Christ, and I hope and pray that I can do the same.  Everything for the glory of God.  Seek God First.  Put God first, others second and myself and my own thoughts, desires and intentions last.  I want my life to be nothing to me – I want to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me.  When I think it will be easier to quit, I need to evaluate the surrounding circumstances and see what God is trying to do through me and for the situation and evaluate everything in that manner.  And if, and when I am either forced to quit or feel led to quit, I don’t do it without fighting for what is right, what is pure, what is real and just- what is of GOD!! 

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