Mark 1:12-15
“Perseverance”... finish the race!!!
Perservere!!! We must stay the course...!!! It will get better!!! We just have to finish the race...!!! The grapes will produce... we will make wine...
we will make it... just hang in there with me...
Christ is trying to get the Apostles to understand... last time I was with you in the Boat... I calmed the seas, etc... now outside the Boat... and You must come to ME ... Have FAITH IN ME... IN YOURSELVES... you must, FINISH WHAT WE HAVE STARTED!!! Outside the confines of your comfort, inside the Church...
My friends in Christ... at the end of the day, we will stand before HIM... no mediation, debate, arbitration... only the verdict... how will you and I respond to the concerns about why we started things... but DID NOT FINISH... because we just... didn’t... no excuses!!! At the end of the day, we don’t have to win the race... but we darn will better .... FINISH!!!
I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS... Billy Sunday was right... If you stop at 3rd and at no more to the score; you might as well have struck out... Its not how you start, its how you FINISH!!!
AMEN!!!