Finish The Race Strong

Paul ministered his gift right up until the end of his life. That's so important.

You've probably heard of pastors and missionaries. I've heard this throughout the years. When they talk about retirement, they'll say something to the effect that, you know, what's retirement?

You know, I'm not going to re, you know what I'm going to say, right? I'm not going to retire until I expire.

You've heard this. Oh, that's so true, but it's not just true for preachers. It's not just true for missionaries.

This should be the goal for all of us to finish the race strong.

Nobody should ever reach the age where they think, well, I've kind of paid my dues and now it's time for me to kind of sit back and relax.

We should never reach that place. The Bible says about believers, and his servants shall serve him, right?

And his servants shall serve him until they reach age 65. His servants shall serve him until they reach 85.

Now, obviously there can be health issues or you can't do what you used to, obviously, but his servants shall do what?

Serve, and in eternity, we're going to serve forever. It's never going to end.

You're going to be serving God forever and ever and ever. And as long as you have breath in you, you should be serving

God forever and ever in this life. So if you're conscious, okay?

Are you conscious this morning? If you're listening, say amen. You conscious? Okay. That's half of the job of preaching, to keep people's attention.

So you're conscious, you're responding. Good. So if you're conscious, you can do something for God.