2 Timothy 2:3-4 ‘Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier..

DAILY READING; Ephesians 4; Ezekiel 8-13; Isaiah 43

William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title between 1919 and 1926. He was so popular that he drew more million-dollar gates than any prizefighter in history.
Dempsey’s appeal lay in his punching ability: He was very fast in the ring, and often wielded a crushing punch.
However his success was tied to the hours he spent practicing with sparring partners in preparation for his fights.
It was said that Jack Dempsey practiced as if he had to survive being put in a ring with a lion.
He practiced so viciously that he often left his sparring partners limping, and they had to be constantly replaced.
Jack found that sparring partners provided him with tough competitive rounds that prepared him to eventually win his fights.

It is the boxers who subject themselves to hard training that can endure hard fights in the ring without getting knocked out.
When a boxer is being hit hard during training sessions, he knows it is for his own good. And so he endures it, knowing that it is only preparing him to win in the real fight ahead.
Many of the tough things we pass through in life are training sessions that strengthen us to overcome future battles. They are preparing us to step into greater open doors. And opportunity comes to the prepared.
When God opens great and effectual doors for you, you have to be prepared beforehand to overcome the many adversaries that accompany it. .
We prepare ourselves for greater opportunities by learning to turn times of trials into times for spiritual training by going deeper into study of the Word, prayers and worship.
As good soldiers of Christ we must endure, knowing that we are being prepared for something better and greater.

2 Timothy 2:3-4 says ‘Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Though spiritual training may not seem pleasurable at the moment, in the end it produces better versions of us.
Momentary afflictions are achieving for us a far more eternal weight of glory.
In every trial, let us draw closer to God, and rest upon His promises. Let us never grow weary in well doing, for surely in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to always submit to Your spiritual training. Please grant me the grace to never become weary in well doing. Surely , my due season has come for me to step into greater open doors in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE;
God is preparing you for the season He prepared your breakthrough. – WORDBITE 222

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