INFINITE SUPPLY
Today's Message from Chip Brogden
“But
none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so
that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received
from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts
20:24).
May I say that all the accomplishments and blessings of a
lifetime are worthless if you do not finish well. Running well is
important, but finishing well is even more important. We can run poorly,
walk, stumble, crawl, go in circles or make mistakes our whole life;
but if we find the right path and finish well, that’s all that matters
in the end.
I have stated before, and I repeat: the majority of
Christians today are not on track to finish well. They do not run well.
In fact, they do not run or advance at all. They sit just inside the
Narrow Gate, rejoicing in a future hope and a future salvation, relaxed
and comfortable in the knowledge that they have passed through the Gate,
so all is well. They are not walking the Path of Christ-centered
spiritual growth and maturity. They are content to look backwards to
what God was doing in their life twenty, thirty or forty years ago; to
what God told them then, what God showed them then. They are nostalgic
for the “good old days,” but have no present truth, no fresh clear
vision that compels them to keep moving forward, no motivation or
incentive to finish well – to finish with joy, to go out with a bang, to
be full of fire right up until they take their final breath.
I
don’t know when I will live my last day on earth. Neither do you. And I
don’t know about you, but I do not want to get old and content and
spiritually lazy, and take my relationship with God for granted like
Solomon. The wisest, richest, most blessed man who ever lived ended up
worshipping idols in his old age. Where will you be? Where will I be?
Will we stay on the Path, or be distracted from the goal? I don’t want
to spend my whole life teaching and praying and proclaiming the Kingdom
of God, only to come to the end of my life and fall flat on my face the
way Solomon did. Christ in us is better than that.
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I am your brother,
Chip Brogden
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