CONSIDERING QUITTING

Don’t quit until you count all of the cost.

Romans 12:1, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

John Goetsch said, “The problem with a living sacrifice is that it continues to get off the altar.” I do believe we need to be that living sacrifice but we must die to self in order for it to be worth anything to the Lord. Paul said, He died daily. He came to the understanding that it wasn’t about himself, it was all about God. His honor. His Glory. His will be done.

Are you considering quitting? Stop! Consider what it is going to cost you. Is walking away from God worth the price you are going to pay? Is it worth your spouse? Is it worth your children? Is it worth your health? Is it worth your life? Is it worth the ministry God called you to? All these things and more are on the line when you walk away from what God has called you to. So, before you quit, count all of the cost!

DON’T GIVE UP; GET UP, AND GO ON!

There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out. –Jones

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

When Job found himself on hard times he didn’t give up; he got up, and went on. When Paul found himself in adversity, he didn’t give up; he got up, and went on. When Jesus faced the Cross he didn’t give up; He got up on the Cross, and He went on to conquer death, hell, and the grave for you and me.

Paul, a man very familiar with suffering, challenges us with his witness, “I press toward the mark…” So, when Satan attacks you don’t give up; get, up, and go on. When someone you hold dear chooses flesh over the Father, don’t give up; get up, and go on. When it seems all is lost and you’re all alone, don’t give up; get up, and go on.

NEVER QUIT!

Cumberland said, “Better to wear out than to rust out.”

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Ephesians 4:28

     Paul challenges the church at Ephesus to serve the Lord daily in their Christian walk; to put off the old man, to speak truth, to hate sin, to not give place the devil, then I see in verse 28 a help to do it all—“but rather let him labour”. When we work for the Lord with the right heart attitude it’s hard to be doing the things we shouldn’t.

     So on this Saturday morning get up and do something for the Lord! Go visit some shut-ins. Go visit someone in the hospital. Go help an elderly person around their house. Go on visitation with your pastor. Go invite someone to church tomorrow! Never quit, don't rust out because you're not doing anything, just wear out for the Lord!