"You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier." (2 Tim. 2:3-4)

From history's pages we learn of a cowardly young soldier in the army of Alexander the Great. Whenever the battle grew fierce, the young soldier would flee. The general's pride was cut because this timid soldier also bore the name Alexander. One day Alexander the Great sternly addressed him and said, "Stop being a coward or drop that good name." (From Great Quotes & Illustrations by George Sweeting, p. 50)

The call to all Christians is the same today. May we faithfully endure hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ or stop wearing His good name.