Attaining perfect finish

By toye faleye
The beginning of a race is not as important as finishing the race, and finishing it does not bring satisfactory accomplishment except when it is finished well. Stories are told of great people in the Bible who started their race with vigour and vibrancy but who stumbled when they were about breasting the tape. Perhaps, they waved by the wayside those stumbling blocks that caused their disastrous crash. It’s high time one knew that christian race demands total obedience, concentration and rapt attention to the spirit of God; else, the deceiver catches one unaware.

The grim but pathetic death of Ananias and Saphira was a pointer to the importance of attaining a perfect finish in the kingdom race. The fervent couple strayed away into the hungry, callous hand of Satan and all their past accomplishments crashed like a pack of cards as they rammed against the stumbling block at the highpoint of their journey. (more…)