On days where I feel heavily attacked by the devil as he tries to fill my head & deceive my heart with his lies, I am reminded of my high school days playing tennis. Whenever we would get tired Coach Miller would yell at us "Finish Strong! Finish Strong!" I can still hear his voice in my head, I guess that's what happens when the footballs defensive coach teaches tennis. He pushed us & made sure we didn't quit when he knew we could go farther. So when I experience those unfortunate moments of times where I feel so weak & the devil is trying to flood my life with his lies I tell myself "Fight Hard! Finish Strong!" because sometimes you just gotta dig deep & motivate yourself!
I tell myself to fight hard, be resilient & not to give up because I know that if I resist the devil & choose to agree with Gods truth versus what I feel, the enemy will flee. He doesn't always go immediately that's why I have to tell myself to fight hard. I have resolved in my spirit that I will not give up regardless of circumstances. I've come to far in this journey of life to just buckle over and submit to the devils peer pressure.
I tell myself to finish strong because I refuse to quit. What good is fighting hard if you're just gonna quit later down the road? I have resolved in myself that God's plans for my life are perfect, even when I can't fully see what they are. I have to finish this race strong, in order to do that I have to remind myself that no matter how strong I think I am, the true strength comes when I lay down my rights and choose to trust in God.
So I fight hard & I finish strong. One would think that it is mostly mental but for me I would say that it is 85% spiritual, because if I don't feed my spirit with the truth of Gods word I can't fight. Sometimes I have to force feed myself the word, but I get it somehow!
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Roneshia N. Shaw
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
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