It’s not what they say about you that matters. It’s what you say about yourself that threatens your destiny. You will never be defeated by what others say about you it’s what you say about yourself that matters.
Paul writes to Timothy and says I fought a good fight. Letting Timothy know being me isn’t easy. It’s not for the faint of heart. You by a suit like your dads or a dress like your moms but it won’t make you stand like them.
Are you a fighter?
If YES, then say I fought a good fight.
You fought to get to work
You fought to put your kids through school
You fought to make your marriage work
You fought to love
You fought to live
You fought with your Fears, your Doubts, your Enzieties, haters, backbiters, betrayers, your family and many times you were laying in bed and couldn’t go to sleep because you were fighting with yourself. You fought such a good fight that what others call a fight, you call normal. You’ve revolutionized what a fight is. You fought a good fight (Like Paul tells Timothy). You may not have seen it, seen the glamour. You saw the healings but you didn’t see what was lost.
lost friends
lost strength
lost courage
lost time
lost money
But down on his knees, he kept believing. He kept the faith.
If you have to downsize – keep the faith!
If you lose a job – keep the faith!
If you lose a spouse – keep the faith!
If you lose a child – keep the faith!
If you have heart trouble, keep the faith. You may not get a new heart but KEEP THE FAITH!!!
We are living in a world where it is ok to go to school and getting an incomplete. The danger of living a life of in-completes.
3-4 families
3-4 sets of kids
No one can count on you
You don’t have to be a super hero but stay. Just stick it out. Finish the race.
Too many times we make decisions based on our feelings. You didn’t leave him or her because they beat you. You didn’t leave him or her because they abused your child. You didn’t leave him or her because There homicidle.
You left because your not Happy! Who told you life was all about being happy. What does that have to do with anything. Who do you know that’s happy all the time. Even me who most will say I am the a epitome of happiness, I’m not even happy all the time.
Don’t quit because your not happy. The devil will most certainly enter through your heart (your feelings) to get you to stray from what God has for you.
Don’t try to finish other people’s race. Those that finish there race do so because they don’t have time being nosy trying to finish others; there focused.
The devil wants to make sure you never receive the blessings, or the destiny God has for your life that he will throw so many spears at you that all you want to do is give up. I’m here to tell you the more struggles, hardships you go through, not of your own doing but when you are truly doing things right but they still come out wrong that is Satan trying to block you from what God has for your life.
Don’t quit. Don’t give up. Pray and ask God to give you the grace to endure. Remember it will not be easy. Even Paul asked God to remove the thorn from his flesh. But if He removes the thorn from our flesh we will tend to forget about God. Because we need that something to remind us WE NEED GOD!!!
Paul could raise the dead. He exhibited being powerful outwardly and conflicted inwardly which is enough to make us quit. But Paul finished his race even when he prayed and God said no.
Sometimes No is needed. Don’t quit. Finish your race. Receive your blessings. Reach your destiny.
