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Introduction
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When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog.
Her body was numb.
She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.
Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.
She had managed to finish that swim in a record time, 16 hours and 22 minutes on August 8, 1950.
Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to Palos Verde on the California coast.
On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense she could hardly see her support boats.
Sharks cruised toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots.
Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on – hour after hour – while millions watched on national television.
Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement.
They told her it wasn’t much farther.
But all she could see was fog.
They urged her not to quit.
She never had . . .
until then.
With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.
Still thawing her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen the land I might have made it.”
It was not fatigue or even the cold water that defeated her.
It was the fog.
She was unable to see her goal.
Two months later, she tried again.
This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact and her goal clearly pictured in her mind.
She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it!
Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina, eclipsing the men’s record by two hours!
Throughout every person’s life, an individual may have one, or many goals, that they set for themselves.
There are many kinds of goals.
Whether they are short term, long term or just temporary, the important thing is that we stay consistent, focused and keep our eyes on the goal.
There are times when attaining a goal may be easy or other times when it seems like a goal is far, far away and we will never be able to reach it but if we don’t lose heart and keep working hard, a goal can be accomplished.
Excerpt from www.mygoodtimestories.com
We have goals, both short-term and long-term
Some of those goals may seem easy to accomplish
Others may seem hopeless and completely out of reach
Goals of getting married and raising a family
Goals of getting a successful career
Goals of getting your first car / first home
Goals of graduating high school
When I was young, I knew it would take forever for me to finish out the school year
When I was a bit older I knew it would take forever for me to graduate and get out of school altogether
And there was no way I could ever see myself as an adult.
Married?
With children?
No way!!!
When we determine that something is important to us, we begin to pursue it with vigor and gusto
We’re excited at the prospect of its accomplishment
We look forward to the benefits we’ll enjoy from getting to our desired goal
But when it’s not realized in the time frame we expected it to be realized in, we begin to lose our initial excitement.
Some of us can get frustrated
Some of us can get disillusioned or even depressed
A few of us are able to look at the situation, make course corrections as needed, stay encouraged, and keep moving toward our goals
As time goes on and the goal is still not realized, we’ll fall into two distinct categories
Most will eventually give up and we’ll rationalize why we’re giving up
It really wasn’t as important a goal as I originally thought
It’s just not worth it to me.
Too much work for too little payout
I have moe urgent matters to attend to right now
A few will preserver through the frustration and the disappointments to finally achieve success.
“Nothing worthwhile is ever easy”
God gives us promises and we seem to follow the same pattern
We receive the promise with joy and excitement
It doesn’t come to pass right away and so we begin to doubt
Did God really promise me this?
Is God really going to do this thing He promised?
“Don’t doubt in the darkness what God told you in the light”
We keep waiting and we keep praying and we keep believing and yet it seems like nothing happens
What are we suppose to do with this?
Many examples in scripture of the promise delayed
Noah
Abraham
Moses and the children of Israel
David
Daniel
Two camps
Those that turned away - their expectations were shattered!
“This is a hard saying!
This is not how I thought it would be!”
Those that stayed - Their expectations were shattered!
“Lord, to whom shall we go?”
God promises that, in the end, you will receive your answer
He also promises that the answer you receive will not be a distortion of the request, but He will meet your actual need.
We cannot give up on the one yard line
We cannot give up a half mile from shore
Who knows how close your answer is?
God has given this church promises, He’s given your family promises, He’s given you promises.
Stay faithful.
Keep believing that they will come to pass.
Conclusion
Hebrews 11 - Some died having received NOT the promise
Sometimes it can seem like too hard a thing to continue living for God
First, this is far easier than not living for God
Second, The price, whatever that may be, is so very worth it
Thirdly, lets take for our example of faithfulness to God in the midst of adversity, Jesus Christ
We’re so close now, don’t quit serving Jesus Christ so close to the finish line
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