“Throwing in the towel” is a term derived from the sport of boxing. The towel was used to wipe sweat from the fighter’s face between rounds. And when it was thought he could no longer fight, it was literally thrown into the ring to concede defeat. Far too many of God’s people are forfeiting their fight by throwing the towel into the ring.
The little “bantam-weight” Paul said at the end of his life-long scrap with the world, the flesh, and the devil: “I have fought a good fight.” Therefore he had every right to admonish his young protégé Timothy, “Fight the good fight of faith.”
You may be beaten, bruised, and bleeding, but God and the heavenly host are cheering you on to “stick-in-there.” Keep getting up! Stay down for the count of nine if you must, but make sure you’re back on your feet when the ref says, “ten!” You can wear an enemy down by endurance (Mt.4:11).
Don’t spend your life shadow boxing; don’t beat the air. Get in the ring and fight for something. And don’t you even think of throwing in the towel!
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