V1 is that moment in the takeoff of an airplane when weight and mass, lifting power, engine thrust, speed, length of the runway and many other variables coalesce into the decision to continue with the takeoff or abort. If the captain delays just two seconds the aircraft will hurtle off the end of the runway sustaining damage and potential injury or loss of life. Once V1 has been reached the decision to stop the takeoff has been removed from the table. It must continue as well as it may. The throttles must remain at their maximum. The control surfaces must remain set for takeoff. There can be no waffling or indecision. The commitment has been made and there is no possibility of turning back. 

For us as believers we are at V1. "I've come too far to look back", as one old gospel song says it. Another one expresses V1 this way, "There's nothing to go back to!" Jesus suggests there is a fatal flaw in the reasoning of the one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back. 

Church, we cannot afford to back off on the power at this late date. We are at the most critical point of our walk with God. The end of our takeoff run looms ahead. Success awaits those who continue doing the things that make for a strong run to the finish. It is imperative that we keep up with our prayer life, Bible study, Christian fellowship, and regular church attendance. We must continue our scriptural giving and allow the fruit of the Spirit to blossom, bud and be borne in our lives. We are far beyond the decision point. As one old country preacher said; "ya just gotta keep on keepin' on!" 

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Galatians 6:9 

In Christ's love,

Pastor Rich Orrell