It’s easy to give up on something. That’s why so many of us do it. Some of us give up before the challenges even come, simply because the fear of what may, or may not, happen is too much to bear. Even as I write this now, I am battling the impulse to stop. My mind is telling me I can’t reach people through writing — they’re just words. It is reminding me that every time I start something, I rarely finish it. If these thoughts were the only thoughts I listened to then I would never finish this post. But there’s something else at work inside me. A strength that is beyond my own comprehension. A strength that keeps my fingers typing, even when my mind is telling me to stop.
If you’ve ever ran a race, then you know what I’m talking about. There are several moments when your mind tries to convince you to stop running. For some of us, it’s in the very beginning. The end seems too far away, and the mere thought of the distance overwhelms us. For others, the taunts of the mind consume us at the halfway point, because our body feels weak and we can’t imagine running the same distance that we just ran again. And still for others, we feel like giving up when we are only a few meters away, because we fear the experience of winning.
The strength that we must depend on is not of the mind, but of the spirit. And when your spirit is connected to the One who never grows weak or weary — the everlasting God — you have the power to go on. This takes trust. Not in ourselves, but in God — the Creator of the universe. “He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:29-31, NLT)
Micah Speaks 