Hold Fast

When you are in a storm of life...HOLD FAST.

Hold fast because your life may depend on it. If you give up or let go because of your trial you may lose what's most important to you.

Hold fast because circumstances will change. Even when it seems you can hold on no longer, keeping holding on, things will be different eventually and you will be glad you held fast.

Hold fast because help is coming. Who knows, maybe God will give you a second wind and your rescue could be right around the corner.

Hold fast because even if it doesn't work out you will never know what might have been if you give up. It would be better to die holding fast than to die because you gave up.

I bet by the end of his incredible trial Job was glad he didn't listen to the naysayers and instead held fast. Job 2:9 "Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”"

1 Thessalonians 5:21 "Test all things; hold fast what is good."

Hebrews 10:23 "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful."

Revelation 2:25 "But hold fast what you have till I come."

 Joshua 23:8 "But you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have until now."
 

Selah

"Hope is a choice, ad to it perseverance and that's what changes the world." Jim Brown

Half-Baked

The first half is the easiest. We start with momentum on our side. We start with clarity about where we are going. Early on we face challenges and obstacles, and need to make adjustments. We face unforeseen detours. We have to adjust our plans.

By the time we get half way, we have often forgotten what we are doing and why. The percentage of things that get started and never get finished is very high. Our lives are strewn with half-finished jobs, half-accomplished goals and half-fulfilled commitments.

The second half takes relentless perseverance, courageous determination and sustained passion. But it's worth it. Finishing has the most payoffs. Finishing is what brings return on our investment.

Where do you need to re-group and re-fire your passion and make sure you don't stop part way there? Maybe you need to make adjustments and changes but that doesn't mean you need to leave it off altogether. Remember why you started in the first place, rethink how you can get there and make the appropriate adjustments. Then let's get going and get this thing done!

Hosea 7:8 "The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!"

Gal. 6.9 "So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest."