Finish The
Race!
"I have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith."
2 Timothy 4: 7
A British preacher in the past, Edwin Paxton Hood,
wrote about 2 Timothy 4:7-8, saying in his quaint style,
“I have finished my course, says the gamester; I have
played my last deal; I have staked my last
chance…
I have finished my
course, says the scholar;
I have read my last volume…
I have noted the last fact…
I have finished my course, says the statesman…
I have framed my last bill, my last speech…
I have finished my course, says the warrior;
I have led on the last battle…
struck the last blow.”
How different, noted Hood, is the Christian. Our
adventure is accomplish God’s will for our lives.
Our work is assigned from above, and our
course is set by the Lord.
By God’s grace, we accomplish the ministry He
has given us to do, then continue to serve Him in
heaven, where there is laid up for us the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord will give on that day,
to all who have loved His appearing.
"Those whom God blesses,
and those whom God uses,
cannot fall until the day’s
work is
done."
Edwin Paxton Hood