Fight to the Finish

Saints, we are there. We are at the destination point for which God has ordained. We are at the edge of the Jordan River, ready to cross over into the Promised Land (The Book of Joshua). As one prophet put it, we are at the cusp. 

I received a prophetic word a few days ago, stating that I was closer than I thought I was. Once again Saints, we are there. But we need to understand as we prepare to enter the last two months of the calendar year, that we're going to have to Fight to the Finish. 

An associate minister of mine shared with me the analogy a few years ago, of when a football team is preparing to score a touchdown in what is called "the red-zone" (20 yards away from the end zone). He said that when a team gets in that type of position to score, the opposing team strengthens their resistance. 

Saints, you can expect the Adversary to "step up his game" as far as trying to keep us from receiving our reward and our inheritance. But greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! (1John 4). We must prepare to Fight to the Finish.

The apostle Paul wrote, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" (2Timothy 4). In addition to the fight, we must stay the course. What Satan is going to try to do is to get us off track. He's going to try to distract us. We rebuke this ploy of the devil. 

We don't have to get side-tracked if we just finish the course that God has placed us on. Stay in your lane. Stay focused. I received a prophetic word just the other week where the Lord said to me, "DON'T LOOK BACK". We must stay the course, and like Paul, we must finish the course.

Then saints, we must learn to endure. The word says in 2 Timothy chapter 2, to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. For many of us it may seem harder than it has all season. For others, you're just tired. 

Tired of the struggle, tired of the strain, tired of the grind, tired of the stress, tired of the discomfort, tired of the misunderstanding, tired of the rejection, just plain old tired. But what does the Word say, "Be not weary in well doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not" (Galatians 6). 

I'm here to tell you Saints, we are in due season, so don't give up now. Whatever you have to do, fast, pray, sacrifice, sow, worship, praise; whatever you have to do, don't give up! Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in the Morning! (Psalm 30). 

If you have to cry, cry; even if you have to cry all night long. That's alright, because in the Morning, Hallelujah, it's going to be A New Day, with New Blessings and New Miracles that The Father has prepared, just for you. All you have to do is Fight to the Finish.