† Make An End Of It † And he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them.” And he struck three times and stopped. Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.” 2 Kings 13:18–19 ESV Joash had struggled with Syria for years and Israel was invaded repeatedly. Cities were taken and then retaken. It was a struggle. Elisha told him what to do, but Joash did half as much as Elisha intended. The struggle could have ended then if he would have continued doing what God had instructed him to do. Many times when struggling with an addiction or bondage, we stop just short of making an end of it. We have it beaten, it is almost dead, we are nearly free, but then we stop and it begins to grow stronger again. We are soon struggling with it once more. We did not see it completely through, again. You have to be ruthless, desperate and relentless to get free. God will help you get free from the things that hold you. He will guide you, but you must work with Him one day at a time. You have to continue to do your part until the end of it. It is like climbing a slippery hill. When you fall, get back up and take another step forward. If you lay there you will slide right back down to the bottom and have to start over. Get up and take the next step.
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