STICK WITH IT AND YOU'LL WIN!

"His hand stuck to the sword."
2Sa 23:10 NKJV

Eleazar, one of David's "three mighty men," was the kind of person who wouldn't quit. When the Philistines attacked, we read, "Then the men of Israel retreated, but he stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day" (NIV). What a picture. "His hand stuck to the sword." Stick with it, and God will give you victory. When you give in to discouragement and quit, what more can He do for you?

Truett Cathy is not only a committed Christian, he's one of the world's most successful businessmen. He started Chick-fil-A with one small diner and it grew to more than 1,450 restaurants, making it the second largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in America. As of September 2007, in Forbes Magazine's listing of billionaires, Cathy was number 380 in the United States with a net worth of 1.3 billion dollars. And this was achieved while remaining closed on Sundays, which is one of the busiest sales days of the week. In his autobiography he tells of being so tongue-tied he could hardly put two words together. Three weeks after he opened his first store it burned to the ground. When he finally got his second store, his brothers, who were his partners, were all killed in a plane crash. People advised him to quit. But instead he decided to trust God and keep trying. As a result his business employs thousands, and feeds millions every day. Truett Cathy took his setbacks and turned them into stepping stones. So, stick with it and you'll win.