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Top 2 Percent
by Bro. Dwayne Cook

On July 4, 1952, Florence Chadwick waded into the water of the Pacific Ocean off Catalina Island and began swimming toward the California coast 26 miles away. A heavy fog sat on the water all day. All around her was the long-distance swimmer’s greatest enemy, a cold so bitter it pierced to the bone. Through the day her attendants on the escort boat drove off sharks.

She had already swum the English Channel both ways, from England to France and from France to England. If she could swim the Catalina Channel, she would be the only woman to have swum both.

But after 15 hours in the water, for the only time in her career, Florence Chadwick gave up and climbed into the escort boat. Her mother tried to convince her the coast was near. But in the fog they couldn’t tell how near. She later learned she was less that a half mile from shore.

Several hours later, a reporter asked, “What made you give up?” She replied, “It was the fog. If I could have seen land, I could have finished. But when you can’t see your goal, you begin to give up.”

On a clear, sunny day two months later Florence Chadwick swam the Catalina Channel, beating the men’s record by two hours. When she could see her goal, she could do what had to be done.

Surveys show that only 2 out of 100 people have the self-discipline to accomplish the goals they set for themselves. Where do you fit in this pattern of goal setting and goal keeping? Have you been guilty of setting out to accomplish a goal and stopping just before its completion? Or are you in that top 2 percent who do what they set out to do?

Isn’t it a part of good stewardship to exercise the discipline necessary to accomplish worthwhile objectives in life?

I have found that for me a visible goal has been something that I relied

upon to keep me moving. My prayer is that you (and I as well) be able to KNOW that our goal may not always be available to the eyes but the goal of every Christians heart can been seen through faith. We are called to conform to the likeness of His Son. (Romans 8:29)

So Brethren keep running the race and keep your hearts eyes on the prize set before you.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might (Ecclesiastes 9:10, NKJV).

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