The Dash Matters

You can mark the date that you gave your life to Jesus. You may even remember the altar, the tears, and the weight that lifted when you found grace. That was your beginning. The day you were born again. A new creation, a new life, a new path. That's the first date on your eternal timeline.

But what about the rest of it? What happens between the moment you surrendered your life to Jesus and the day you stand before His throne?

That, my friend, is your dash. And the dash matters!

The Dash Is Where Purpose Is Lived Out

I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. (Philippians 1:6 NLT)

Salvation was never meant to be the end goal. It was the launch point. The beginning of transformation, discipleship, surrender, obedience, faithfulness, and fruitfulness.

The dash is where the work of the Spirit shapes, stretches you, purifies you, and commissions you.

Too many stop at the altar – but Heaven is still writing your story. And the question isn't when you got saved – it's how you lived saved.

The Dash Is Where You Bear Fruit

When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father! (John 15:8 TPT)

You were not redeemed just to exist – you were redeemed to be transformed! To allow the life of Christ within you to shape who you are becoming.

The dash is where the fruit of the Spirit is cultivated – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). These aren't surface-level traits. They are deep, spiritual evidences of a life being led by the Spirit.

The Dash Is a Fight of Faith

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. (2 Timothy 4:7 NLT)

Isn’t it obvious that all runners on the racetrack keep on running to win, but only one receives the victor’s prize? Yet each one of you must run the race to be victorious. (1 Corinthians 9:24 TPT)

This journey isn’t easy. The dash is a battlefield. And the enemy doesn’t attack you for where you started – he attacks you for what you might become!

Heaven doesn’t reward perfect people. It rewards faithful ones!

Those who ran – even with a limp.

Those who warred – even through their tears.

Those who refused to be stagnant, silenced, or spiritually asleep.

The Dash Is Finite—Make It Count

Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 NLT)

Staying with it—that’s what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won’t be sorry, and you’ll be saved. (Matthew 24:13 MSG)

This life is a vapor. A breath. A blink. And only what’s done in Christ will cross over with you.

So don’t waste your dash trying to blend in. Don’t settle for comfort when you were made to step out and obey Him. Don’t spend your life going through the motions, but never fully surrendered to Him!

You have one life to live between the altar and the throne. One chance to make it count. One dash.

When heaven looks at your dash…

Will it reflect a life poured out?

A race well run?

A legacy that points to Jesus?

Because in the end, it won’t be the length of your dash that matters – it will be the weight of it.

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