Fight the good fight

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” 1 Timothy 6:12
Here’s a challenge for every one of us who are believers. Once you come to faith in Christ, you enter into the spiritual battle that won’t end until the day you depart this world and enter into glory. This is why Paul exhorts Timothy – and us – to ‘fight the good fight of the faith’. This is a fight for purity in our lives, a fight to uphold God’s goodness. This is why Paul goes on to say, ‘take hold of the eternal life to which you were called’. The Greek word is epilambanomai, meaning, to seize or take hold of for help or attainment, etc. It implies action – it is not merely accepting something passively, but deliberately reaching out and grasping onto it.
Paul also reminds Timothy of the ‘good confession’ that he made. The word ‘good’ here is the same as in the ‘good’ fight: it is the Greek kalos, meaning beautiful, valuable, virtuous, literally or morally good. What is this ‘good confession’? In the very next verse, Paul mentions Jesus having made ‘the good confession’ before Pilate, referring to His response when Pilate asked Him Who He was. Therefore, it is the public declaration that every believer makes when they come to Christ: that Jesus is God and the King over their lives.
Don’t give up in the battle. Take hold of the eternal life that is now yours, grasp it with both hands, and fight the good fight.