day no. 15,668: you must fight about something

1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. 

2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight

In order to fight the good fight, you must not fight about everything, but must fight about something.

If you fight about everything, if you are pugnacious and a pugilist, you are not fighting the good fight. You are just a fighter. You have no discernment between what is a good fight and what is a bad fight or something not even worth fighting over. You are just looking for a fight and one fight is as good as another. All fights in your eyes are good by definition. But that is not what Paul had in mind. There is a fight which is good and it is good to fight it, but it isn't the only kind of fighting. The kind of fighting which opposes it for example.

Additionally, to fight the good fight, you must fight. You can avoid fighting unnecessary fights by pacifism, but you cannot participate in godly warfare. Pacifism cannot obey the admonition to fight. It avoids one pit by guaranteeing that it falls into another. The good fight is a fight and it will require fighters and fighting.  It assumes a loyalty to your side and an opposition to the side that opposes yours. It is a love of the brotherhood and a hatred of evil. It is a delight in the light and a disdain for the darkness. 

In order to fight the good fight, you must be selective in what you fight and severe enough to fight for what you've selected. You must resist the urge to get sucked into other skirmishes and the temptation to keep your hands from getting dirty.

The good fight is the one God defines and is fought by the faith God provides.