Staying Power 13

When You Must Quit

Bible Reading: Philippians 3:3-11

No matter how far you have travelled on a wrong road, once you notice it, turn back. This can be very painful but also very helpful.

If your office is located in South London and you mistakenly boarded a train to North London, you don’t just decide to bump into any office and start working when you get to North London. You immediately try to trace the right route again. We should apply a similar approach when reaching for our goals.

I know someone who realized he was moving in a wrong direction but kept on exercising ‘Staying Power’ just because he said – I hate to quit. Winners never quit. Good! But you will agree that if they were on the wrong road, they would never have been labelled winners in the first place.

Have a regular evaluation of your career, relationships, devotion, projects etc and always be willing to make a U-turn when you realized you are on the wrong route. Even if you are unable to go back and have a brand new start, you can start from where you are and have a brand new end. Apostle Paul took such a step at one point in his life and today he is highly esteemed among Christians. Here is his confession … – All the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant–dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ. Phil 3:8 (MSG)

– tope aladenusi