You Mustn't Quit

- Anonymous

Paul writes: 

Philippians 3:13-15(NIV)

13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press ontoward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.

Paul was driven by his vision of reaching the world for Christ (Romans 10:1).

Romans 10:1(NIV)

10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.

It was his yardstick for daily living and his motivation for every effort. It made him relentless.

An unknown poet wrote:

'When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

and the road you're trudging seems all uphill.

When funds are low and the debts are high,

and you want to smile but you have to sigh.

When things are pressing you down a bit,

rest if you must, but don't you quit!

Life is strange with its twists and turns,

as every one of us sometimes learns.

And many a failure turns about,

when he might have won if he'd stuck it out.

Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -

you might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than it seems,

to a faint and faltering man.

Often the struggler has given up,

when he might have captured the victor's cup.

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

how close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -

the silver tint of the clouds of doubt.

You never can tell how close you are,

it may be near when it seems afar.

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -

it's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.'