Finish Strong

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

November 10, 2025

Finish Strong

We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up

Hebrews 12:2-3 

Five days ago, my meditation focused on Hebrews 12:1 and our mission to finish the race God set before us. Today, I see that our calling is not just to endure, but to finish strong. Like the Apostle Paul, I want to finish the race, I want to keep the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7-8) To this end, three truths are helping me.

First, when my birthday comes this December, it will not include an expiration date for learning, adapting, or excelling as I run the race God set before me. I trust God will continue to enable me to fulfill the mission He set before me.

Secondly, in the world we are surrounded by evil, misfits, and an astonishing number of people content to do what they think is right, even if it goes against two thousand years of moral and ethical teaching. Over and against this ‘reality’ of our times, I recall that God used a cast of evil misfits to accomplish His purposes. His cast includes such notables as drunken Lot who impregnated his daughter. This family lineage leads to Ruth the great grandmother of King David who murdered Bathsheba’s husband and fathered Solomon, who succeeded his father as King and filled Jerusalem with idolatry. Jesus’ earthly genealogy is a shining witness that God works ALL things together to accomplish His will.

My Takeaway: My third truth is the reality that I can fulfill my mission to run my race, and to finish strong, by keeping my eyes on Jesus. Because he is the one who initiated and perfects my faith.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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