Do You Have An Exit Strategy?

We hear a lot about exit strategies. When the war starting going long in Iraq, President Bush was accused of not having an exit strategy. I received an email the other day from a company wanting to invest in my business. Their email asked, "Do you have an exit strategy?" I suppose they would like to develop one for me and get me out of the business.

Exit Strategies Are Important. They are important in war because without one, a nation becomes bogged down in a conflict that has no end. The expense of war is high and a nation soon tires of increasing body counts. In one's career, an exit strategy means knowing when it is the right time to move on, either to a nice retirement, or to start another venture that hopefully will be as profitable as the last.

In either case, having an exit strategy means that one's eye is set on an achievable goal and a plan is in place that will reasonably assure success.

How About You? Do you have an exit strategy? I mean, do you have an exit strategy from this life - your physical life? What plans are you making for eternal life? Are you "even more diligent to make your call and election sure?" (2 Peter 1:10).

Without an exit strategy that looks toward eternal life, we become bogged down in this life. We begin to chase wealth, bigger houses, a huge retirement and more toys. Rather than adding to our physical possessions, we need to follow the advice of the Apostle Peter.

"But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 1:10). You see, focusing on the spiritual virtues in our life prepares us for an entrance into the everlasting kingdom.

Is Your Exit Strategy Developed? Are you actively working toward it or has your life been diverted by less important matters? Perhaps you would like to study the Scriptures with me and begin work on your exit strategy. I'd be happy to help. Please contact me.