There is a grateful moment of relief that comes when each person arrives at that embarkation line where they have determined that no matter what they will keep fighting.  After all it is never my body that quits running or says, “I’ve had enough, I cannot go any further”, it is my mind that makes that determination to pack it in, quit or remove myself from the field of battle.  Being honest we must admit that we never quit a race because our bodies gave out, we quit because our will to fight on gave out.  This is a doubly important moment, especially for Christians, because we realize that if we are here for the fulfillment of His Good Will and Purposes for our lives. Then the time I quit, give up or am called home is entirely within God’s Will, not my own.  Additionally, we learn that since the Lord will provide for all of our needs even to the performance of the impossible tasking that dependence upon our own capacity to prevail is removed from our thinking. For it is no longer each of us who fights alone, but now God fights through us.  Nothing is impossible to him who believes.  I cannot fail, cannot quit and certainly cannot go home until God calls me there, so I might as well determine to stand my ground.

What are you battling that is overwhelming your spirit?  What voices are you listening to that are telling you that you aren’t good enough, strong enough and that you will inevitably fail?  What reasons is your body or your mind giving you for getting off the battlefield or staying fearfully upon the sideline bench?  I know this is happening, because these are the tactics of a crafty enemy, who wants you to believe that it is about your worthiness or your ability to surpass these challenges.  That is not what the Gospel teaches us.  Quite the contrary.  We are told to believe, especially in those instances where the tasks are beyond our capacities as human.  We are taught to believe on His Righteous, His Power, Authority and Devotion to complete that for which he sent each of us.  The battle is truly one of making a decision and then getting on the ship headed to the lands to which he has sent us and frankly never looking back.  The decision is the battle and once made the rest is learning to depend upon the Lord in all things.

Praise Be to God that He gave us hope beyond the chaos of this World’s Understanding.  I cannot Quit, why can’t I quit?  Because once I made a decision to follow Christ, I knew that I would do the impossible thing through Christ who strengthens me.  Oh, and that voice that keeps putting you down, whispering to you that you are not good enough and that you should be fearful and quit.  That my Brothers and Sisters is the voice of the enemy.  Isolate it and isolate the voice of your own will and “DON’T LISTEN TO THEM”.  My sheep know my voice and another they will not follow.  You are in the flock of Almighty God and it is only the Good Shepherd’s Voice you need ever hear from here forward.  Silence the others.  Silence your own heart.  Be at peace. Make a decision that you ain’t getting out of here until he lets you out of here and that means you’ve got one thing left to do.  Armour up, Stand your ground and know that God is delivering you the victory he promised to deliver.

In Jesus’ Name.