"NEVER QUIT." These are words that almost every athlete that has every played a sport has heard. They are often used at motivational speaking engagements and posted all over weight room and training room walls. Having the ability to push yourself one more round, one more quarter, or one more inning, when your body feels like it has nothing else to give, is what separates the good players from the great players. It is what wins championships and creates dynasties. However, this "never quit" attitude has to be taken beyond the playing field. The people that take that "never quit" attitude with them in every endeavor of their lives are the people that are truly successful. We, as a Christian people, must take this attitude with us in our everyday Christian walk. We will face so many encounters when it would just be easier to throw in the towel and give up. We will get discouraged and sometimes even ridiculed when trying to spread God's word but, we can't let that break us down. We can't let that make us quit. The bible talks about this "never quit" attitude in 1 Thessalonians. In 1 Thes. 1:3 it says, "Remembering WITHOUT CEASING your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father." In 1 Thes. 2:13, For this cause also thank we God WITHOUT CEASING, because, when ye recieved the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe." In 1 Thes. 5:17, "Pray WITHOUT CEASING." In these passages "without ceasing" of course means to do something without stopping or without quiting. We, as Christians are to continually do these things without quiting. We must push through the adversity we find and press on with the goal of heaven in our sights. We are commanded in Matthew 28:19-20 to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen" We must do as we are commanded and teach and preach the gospel to everyone we can. How comforting are those last words in verse 20, "lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." We can do God's will and know that He is always there beside us every step of the way. We must do His work with patience and perseverance. If we want to win in this game of life then we must have a "never quit" attitude and in all the things we do for Him we must do them without ceasing.
-Ben Stevenson
"Winner never quit, and quitters never win." -Vince Lombardi
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." -John Quincy Adams
No comments:
Post a Comment