Not Willing to Quit

Like a lot of people, I'm fascinated with things that are challenging. I recently watched an episode from the Discovery Channel's "Surviving the Cut."This particular episode had to deal with guys who had signed up to try and become part of the Marine Corps elite team, Marine Recon. Here's the link to watch Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnu9Q--0vYo Be warned, it's very intense and not for the fainthearted. It's truly amazing what a person can do if if they're willing to give everything they have. If they have a goal in sight and are willing to sacrifice everything to attain that goal. As I watched this show it made me think about being a Christian. The Bible says we're also in a war and there's an obvious need to be trained and ready. Paul's words in Philippians 3:12-14 keep coming to mind and what he said, "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." I don't think there was anything easy about what Paul endured for his commitment to Christ. Just as these soldiers pressed on, so did Paul. Often I think people believe that once a simple prayer has been prayed, that everything becomes easy and without opposition. This couldn't be farther from the truth. You have now become part of the greatest war that has ever raged. But we do win! If we will simply choose never to give up, just like those men who chose to survive the cut at Marine Recon School.