05/06/2025 – Fight the Good Fight
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6: 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
Reflection: What is the first requirement for victory? Your victory will be achieved through war. The very definition of victory is the “act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a battle or other competition. If you are in Christ, you are in a battle against evil, and you are in a competition of priorities to achieve the goal that is Christ! You will have to fight the good fight of faith. You will have to run the race until the end, and through God’s perseverance in you, victory will be yours!
Christ obtained victory by fighting against evil in the power of the Spirit of God. This is a battle we cannot avoid. Victory is never won though avoidance, much less by compromise. Many wars have been fought in Jerusalem, but the greatest war fought there, or anywhere in the universe, was the war Christ fought at the cross of Calvary.
Keep fighting the good fight of faith. Persevere until the end and you will inherit the crown of life.