If you missed this weekend at TheChurch on Strayer 11.28.11
…Stepping Through
Finishing well doesn’t happen by accident. It takes effort. It takes courage and perseverance.
In life, many have a good beginning; few have a good ending.
What ultimately matters is taking action to step through whatever challenges, obstacles, hindrances that get placed in our path of life.
Your success in life is determined more by what you finish than by what you start. Ability has more to do with finishing than it does with attempting.
God is the original finisher. He always finishes what He starts – not necessarily what we start.
Commitment is only experienced when you step through your circumstance, your trial, your difficulty.
Paul gives us a three-fold formula for success in stepping through our challenges and finishing strong.
I have fought a good fight – Discipline.
I have finished the race – Direction.
I have kept the faith – Determination.
I Corinthians 9:25 in the Living Bible says – To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best.
Sometimes you must fight with yourself in order to accomplish it. To step through, you must keep fighting. To step through, you must keep running.
Even when you are weak, keep running.
It is not how you start or how fast you run, how high you climb – it is whether or not you keep the faith and finish strong.
