Start serving now, and don’t stop serving until you stop breathing.

(2Ti :5) “But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.” The main object lesson of the above verse is not just to do serve the Lord, but to finish our course rightly. The Apostle Paul was instructing Timothy in how to finish and not quit along the way. 1) Watch. This is the same word that the Lord used in the garden of Gethsemane, when he desired the apostles to stay awake and pray. Why? Because “the flesh is weak.” Stay alert, and stay on course. 2) Endure affliction. The word means to “bear up under.” Don’t quit, toughen up, believe God for a miracle, and claim his promises. (Pr 24:10) “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.” 3. Work evangelistically. If you want to finish rightly then don’t let anything stop you from sharing Christ. Witness, invite, disciple, & get involved. 4. Make full proof of your ministry. Don’t stop short of all that God wants to do with you & through you. Start serving now, and don’t stop serving until you stop breathing. There are way too many Christians today retired and/or on vacation.