One great point of the many great points made in the sermon was, "Average is over when you complete the things you have started". Talk about conviction! I haven't felt convicted like that in a long time. I have so many projects I've started that I haven't finished including multiple posts for this very blog I'm writing in today.
There is a verse that says a thing's end is better than it's beginning ~Ecclesiastes 7:8~
For some of us there may be the end of a...
- project we have started that will be better than its beginning.
- struggle we are going through that will better than its beginning.
- battle we are fighting that is better than its beginning.
- storm we are weathering that is better than it's beginning.
- word we have given to another that is better than it's beginning.
- etc...
The real question is...
- Are we diligently working on our project?
- Are we seeking true deliverance from our struggle?
- Are we wholeheartedly fighting our battle?
- Are we making valid efforts to weather our storm?
- Are we keeping the word that we give to God and to HIS people?
- etc...
If our trust and our faith is in HIM, we can answer all these questions with an ABOVE AVERAGE lifestyle and we will
- Finish our projects.
- Overcome our struggles.
- Complete our battles.
- Make it through our storms successfully.
- Keep the word we give to others.
- etc...
Remember Paul never talks about winning the race, he only stresses "completing it"... "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" IITimothy 4:7
As we complete the things we start, we will see HIS WORD proves true (Proverbs 30:5) when we experience that our ends are better than our beginnings.
