Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Isn't it funny how a word that you have heard your whole life could carry such a different meaning? I mean, my whole life I heard quitting in a negative term. I was raised to never quit at something. To the point that when I played sports and quit I seemed to never live it down. Even today in my life I can't handle quitting. I try so hard to never quit in anything, ever.
Quitting in the form we have always heard means, to leave or walk away. How many things have you quit in life? Sports, jobs, etc... People are even quitting on marriages and family. We don't need that kind of quitter. But we do need to quit!
First we need to quit trying and start trusting. Quit trying to do it on your own. Remember quitting means to give in or give up. Give in to the Holy Spirit this morning. Tell the Lord that you can't seem to do it and you are going to start, from this moment, to trust totally in Him.
Second, quit also means to behave in a specified way. When our scripture says, "quit you like men", it is speaking of fighting. Fighting the enemy as well as fighting with yourself. We must quit, give in to Christ, and quit, behave as Christ, like men.
A man walked up to me the other day after hearing me preach. He said, "Brother, I would like to add on to what you preached. Stop trying and start trusting." I told him that was the best thing that I've ever heard. The world will tell you never quit, but God's word says, quit trusting in yourself and start trusting in Jesus. It says to quit you like men. In other words, start behaving like a man, a man like Jesus. Lord, today I quit trying to handle or run things and I'm gonna trust you.
