I HAVE NOT QUIT

In reality, I am not a person with unequaled abilities. However, if I do have a quality that is a little outstanding, it is that I refuse to quit. This tenaciousness possibly came to me through my mother, who was a very strong person. When she went to do something, she wouldn’t quit until the work was done. Maybe it is like what the Apostle Paul said to Timothy--that the virtues Timothy received were from his grandmother and mother. Whatever the case, I simply know that built inside of me is a desire never to quit doing what God has me to do. The words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:7-8 are very exciting and keep me moving on the inside. Written at the end of his life, when he was ready to go to heaven, he made a dramatic declaration.“I have fought agood fight.”From the time he was born again, until the time that Caesar Nero took off his head, Paul fought a good fight. He simply didn’t quit. I hope that everyone who reads this book will do the same--fight the Devil, fight sin, fight worldliness, and fight controversy. Stand against that which is wrong. The second statement that Paul made was“I have finished my course.”So few people finish their course. Even the Lord Jesus Christ said,“I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work”(John 9:4).