“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith...” (Hebrews 12:2 BSB)
How do we finish well?... First, those who finish well have a Christ-centered life…
Second, those who finish well have a focused life. They are focused first on Christ, but second on the task that He has given to us. Call this the “focus factor”! They not only know the purpose of life (to know, love, serve, and glorify the Lord), but they also know the purpose of their lives. They have an accurate understanding of the gifts He has given them, the call He has given them, and often even the specific assignments He has for them.
They have a focused life and not a scattered life. Most people live scattered lives. They do not know the purpose of life, or the purpose of their lives. By contrast, those who finish well have a clarity of purpose and a constancy of purpose…
The phrase from Paul “this one thing I do” (Philippians 3:13 KJV) is very important in my life. It became my motto. Paul said, ‘this one thing I do,” not “these fifty tings I dabble in.” That’s because he had a focused life rather than a scattered one. It’s characteristic of those who finish well.
-- Adapted from Donald W. Sweeting and George Sweeting in “How to Finish the Christian Life: Following Jesus in the Second Half”
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