This twist on the popular phrase gets at the true nature of the life of man on earth. Throughout the course of his life, there is no point at which a man simply coasts to the finish line—no point at which he may say that the struggle is over. He must strive every day against his baser nature and his predominant faults; not until he closes his eyes in death is he finished climbing, for Christ is at the top, and we must never stop advancing toward him.

This message is part of The Trad Store’s Christian warfare series.