HANG IN THERE BABY!

1 Timothy 6: 11 – 16


Back in the 70's, there was a famous poster of this kitten desperately hanging from a wooden rod. All the kitten could do was to dig it's front claws into that wood and literally hang on to keep from falling. The title of that poster was Hang in there Baby.
I'm sure there are times when we all feel like that kitten, digging in our hands and fingers, and sometime with every fiber of our being, to keep from falling.
We are scared, we don't want to fall, and yet we have this feeling that if we just let go, we will feel better, but that's just a lie.

11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Fight the good fight. I once heard it said that the only good fight is the one that you win. But that was from a movie about a crooked lawyer who finally does good. Fighting the good fight of the faith is something totally different.
Sometimes it is called being content. Being content in what ever situation we find ourselves in.

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

I know, I went outside the parameters of the reading, get over it.

If we have what we need to survive, we really don't need anything else. We may not get rich or have fancy cars, or even handmade suits, but we will have contentment.
When we are at the end of our ropes, and are clinging to our faith, think of that kitten and hang in there baby.
In whatever we do to keep the faith, hang in there baby.
We may be seen as religious fanatics, or nuts with bigoted views, or homophobic, hang in there baby. Being able to stand in our beliefs and convictions is the key to hang in there baby.