I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
(ESV)
I am blessed to still read to each of our children, son 14
and daughter 10, at bedtime. I had
recently had a late night and probably should not have read at all, but I
agreed to read just little. The chapter
in the book I was reading our son was a great battle scene in which swords were
flashing and the contest between good and evil uncertain. At the midpoint, I realized how long the
chapter was and closed the book, promising to finish the next night.
Our son leapt up and declared the obvious. You can’t stop in the middle of a battle, he
said, pointing out that you would never pause Gladiator, Braveheart, or Troy
in the middle. Smiling from ear to ear
at the wisdom of our son, I pulled out the bookmark and finished the chapter.
Out of the mouths of babes.
Our son was right, and so was Paul.
The Christian life can be a battle.
Sometimes it is the battle against temptation and our own sins. It is also the battle against sin out in the
world, the challenges of witnessing for Christ, and the daily grind of
following in our Lord’s footsteps again today the same as yesterday and the day
before. It is a battle that we must not
quit in the middle.
Copyright © 2015 by Steven R. Perkins
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