Isn’t it true that together, in Christ, by the power of His Holy Spirit, there is just about nothing a group of Christian couldn't do if they decided in their hearts to do it. The issue is not "can we do it?" or "should we do it?" or "do you think we ought to do it?" The issue, always, is deciding what to do and then staying on task with faithfulness and diligence.

In their booklet called, Leadership 2000; Building Leaders for the 21st Century, The International Reed Institute has a statement from Fernando Edwardo Lee who says, "On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of victory, sat down to rest, and resting died." Victory was in their grasp. They sensed it. They knew it. They could smell the aroma of success. But tired from the battle, and knowing victory was imminent any way, they sat down to rest, and while they rested, the enemy gathered, positioned and prepared itself, and those would be victors turned the victory over to others. Their downfall was a hesitation born of an incorrect conclusion, a conclusion that led to a premature acceptance of victory, a premature rest and ultimately to premature failure.

Hesitation can be a greater enemy than the enemy. And I have come to believe that hesitation can indicate several issues--and unwarranted confidence, a lack of preparedness, vision and determination, a faith that has not gone far enough so as to captivate the imagination of persons and set their heart on fire with a tenacity that will see the journey through to completion. Men and women of Christ-centered faith do not set down at the dawn of victory; they plow through, they hang in, they never quit, they keep their eyes on the goal and they don't stop until that goal has been reached and apprehended for God.

One caution, however. People of Jesus ought to be careful not to fret, worry, and fuss their way through life. Sometimes, seeing things through to victory can be tiring and with tiring can come irritability and fretting. Jesus’ people stay at the wall for Christ but they stay there in the right mind and spirit, a spirit that stays faithful and thorough but also drenched in the amazing grace of God.

So even as God’s people are serving with all their heart they are also resting in the Lord, waiting patiently for Him (see Psalm 37:7). This attitude keeps them open and pliable in the hands of God, a condition that keeps them energized and focused, not allowing them to set down too soon to rest, and in resting, die.

As God’s people we are in this thing together until the end. In that light take David’s counsel to heart, “Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the Lord” (Psalm 31:24).