Will you win your battle?

We always, at some point or another, reminisce on our childhood days. It seems like we are separated from carefree and leisure ever since we began to comprehend things and make our own decisions. but hope is here(: We don't necessarily have to lament on those foregone days anymore!

Nope. I'm not saying that I have a formula to anti-age you nor a time machine to teleport you back into the good old days. We can't change the fact that we have to grow, but we can change our attitudes and our situations around.

'But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.'
1 Timothy 6:11-12

There is a greater purpose in your life. You probably been thinking, 'Yeah, I know that way long ago. All preachers say that don't they?' Throw that thought away. Read it anew and aloud from the Bible in John 10:10 (Yes, now! Go take your Bible out!).

This abundant life that you've just read out loud is the ETERNAL LIFE that is recorded in 1 Timothy. Many of us have the misconception that the glorious eternal life comes true only after we die to our physical body and proceed to heaven. Get rid of that thought too. Eternal life starts when you receive Jesus into your heart. If you are a believer, you're already living the eternal life that God has promised.

Then how come it doesn't seem to be as glorious as how God described? You got to understand that we are still in the world. The world itself is a battle. Hence Paul asked us to take hold of the eternal life and fight the good fight of faith. We need to fight against what seems to go against us claiming the full glory of eternal life.

One outstanding quality of a mighty warrior is the ability to endure. So many times I witnessed young people giving up too easily whenever they face a dead end by ending their lives. Yes, I don't deny that problems and obstacles can be so overwhelming that we can hardly breathe. But we are given a better choice. That is to overcome, and not to be 'overcomed'. Someone once encouraged me with this phrase, and till now it has been my guiding step to develop the spirit of endurance: 'Don't lose heart. Take another step. You never know the next step is the winning line'.

If today, you are facing a tough journey, I want to encourage you to endure. It's not just for your own spritual development, but giving God that opportunity to work miracles in your life. It is a spiritual breakthrough. Take hold, with God.