Fight the Good Fight

Fight the Good Fight: 75 Days of Growing Closer to Jesus I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7)Imagine being, like the apostle Paul, able to confidently declare at the end of your life: I have fought the good fight. Paul s faith journey was indeed a fight: Five times I have received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked adrift at sea in danger in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked. (2 Corinthians 11:24-27)What does the good fight of faith look like today? It involves focusing on God s faithfulness, knowing His Word, trusting His promises, praying, finding strength in relationships with fellow believers, and worshipping Him whatever life s circumstances. All these choices as well as Holy Spirit-provided strength enable us to choose belief over disbelief when difficult situations, loss, a broken relationship, disease, unfairness, or tragedy strikes. The 75 devotionals in these pages can guide your daily walk with the Lord and strengthen you for the fight. You ll trace Paul s life and see how the good Lord transformed him from persecutor to evangelist. His relationship with his resurrected Savior made him whole and enabled him to fulfill God s purpose for his life. Jesus can transform you and your life in the same way.