Winners Never

There are times when others hurt our feelings and we decide to quit the things we had planned and hoped for. I have seen it happen more times than I’d like to mention. A young man on his way to France to be a missionary decides one day to quit his pursuit to win those in France. A young boy decides to go to a third world country and allows a woman to side track him and never goes. A man feels God calling into the ministry and never goes and the last time I talked with him all he has his memories of what it could have been. A man gets his feelings hurt at a local Church and decides to not return there or anywhere for fear of it happening again and leads his family away in the same direction. What happens when a person decides to quit? Well, their goals change from spiritual to natural. As in the case of the young man on his way to the third world country; his goals changed from seeing people come to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior to selfish desires of sexual pleasure. Not only do goals change but insights change as well. When ones insight changes they lose their ability to see God in the midst of their adversity. The word Adversity means An event, or series of events, which oppose success or desire; misfortune; calamity; affliction; distress; state of unhappiness. If you and I focus on the storms that go on in our life we don’t have our eyes on Jesus; in other words we aren’t looking unto Jesus. We lose our Discernment regarding what is happening to us.

Hebrews 12:15 Looking diligently(Looking carefully) lest any man fail of (Falls short of) the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

The grace of God never fails, so what is he talking about? Insights change when one quits running the race and quits appropriating God’s grace for their lives. That’s not all; when one decides to quit the values of purity are polluted in their personal life. They have changed from wanting to be pure and holy and having a heart of integrity, now the values have become only to gratify their selfish desires.  When we drop out, our values change and the things that once mattered, no longer matter anymore. When our values change our future is changed but also the future of many others are changed also. In the four cases I have already mention what was the results of quitting? How many would have been impacted as well as influenced in France or in the third world country? Who would have been influenced by the ministry or in the family of this individual? It is so easy to get discouraged and my friend anyone can quit.  Yes, you my friend can quit. What would you think if the runner in front of everyone else would just quit 10 feet before crossing the finish line and not receiving the gold medal? You might have thoughts of what were they thinking for they were a winner. I say the same to you today if you are one of those who are thinking about quitting; what are you thinking you’re a winner. If you do decide to quit what you’re doing just remember your goals are going to change, your insights will change as well as your values. Not only your future will change but the ones you would have had the opportunity to impact and influence will too. Just remember winners never quit and quitters never win. It’s so easy to quit or is it? The results will last for eternity!