Approaching the Finish Line

When we talk about a running race, there are different ways to finish the game:
1. Finishing First
2. Finishing but not the first
3. Not finish

Apart from the above, it is also important to know 'how' a person finish the game. Is the person:
1. Finishing Well?
2. Finishing by Cheating?

The best combination that we can get in life, in any event is when when you Finish First and when you Finish Well. However, this position is only granted to one person, and to achieve it, you really need to try really hard. The reward, of course, is that you will be crowned and giving the honors and the medals.

Unfortunately, many people resorted to win the game, and finishing well, but they resort to cheating. Cheating by means that other people do not know. Cheating by cutting corners so that you do not need to run the full circuit. In human eyes, the person who win this race may still be the First, but the person knows that he did not finish well. Most importantly, God knows.

Is Finishing First the first and foremost call for all Christians? Not exactly. We are called to Finishing Well, whether we are the first or we are the last that is not important at all. God wants us to be faithful and to obey him. Some people participated in this race, yet falls along the road, they recover and fall again, recover and fall again, but in the end, they finished the race... it is still a good finish.... but others who fall, and never recover, or never wants to continue the race again... they will never know what awaits them at the finish line.

I am at the 2 weeks before the end of the semester, frankly, I do not know how I am going to survive. I took some time to write this blog, hoping to bring a fresh perspective to my mind.here are my assignments:
1. ST1: Position Paper on Imago Dei (3-5 pages)(20 April)
2. Minor Prophets Exegetical Paper (10-12 pages)(Due 2 weeks time)
3. NT Theology Paper - Pauline : New Perspective on Paul (10-12 pages) (21 April)
4. NT Romans Exegetical Paper: Romans 3:21-28 (10-12 pages) (23 April)
5. ST1: position paper on Doctrine of Salvation (3-5 pages) (4 May)
6. ST1: Research paper (10-12 pages) (11 May)
7. NT Romans: Summary of Arguments on Romans (3 pages)
8. Presbyterian Distinctives: Research Paper (due 30 April)
9. Hebrew Homeworks and 1 Exam

I hope that I can finish all, and finish well... I cannot dream to finish first... but I pray that I have the strength and determination to push through all these...