Your best life is not now and it can’t be now because what comes after this life is way better.  Chris Brannon wraps up our 2 Timothy series by talking about living for the long term. He preaches from 2 Timothy 4:1-8 and, in this passage, Paul was about to die and he knew it.  We must develop an eternal perspective and it has little to do with merely changing the way we think about our lives in the grand scheme of time.  However, it has everything to do with believing that God is who He says He is!

Paul uses three phrases to describe the life that he lived well and how we should live ours. First he says that he fought the good fight and so should we. What are you pressing towards or straining forward to? Next he says that he finished the race and encourages us that the finish line is where the payoff is. It will not be easy, but worth every hardship in the end. Lastly, he tells us that he kept the faith. What does it mean to keep the faith?

We have a limited time so we need to let God help us number our days. Stay in the race, fight through the faith and finish the race well!