It's quite late (for me) and technically the next day but I have to write this post! Can't give up only 2 days in!
Anyway...God is really taking me back to basics! and it is much needed!
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (NIV) - This is definitely a scripture that I am always coming back to! It says...
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
I remember listening to an audio made by a friend (link here) a few weeks back and I remember thinking what type of race am I running in terms of my walk with Christ and my overall purpose. Is it a race to win or a race to mediocrity.
The key word here is "strict training" another version says "discipline." What disciplines do I have in place so that Jesus is at the forefront of my life?
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV) also says:
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
It is a matter of urgency I need to "throw off" anything that hinders this race and causes sin.
God really caused me to evaluate the things that I need to "throw off" today, things that God once freed me from that are slowing creeping back into my life and overtaking the pillars and good habits that God had started to build in my life.
I remember someone telling me, the choice of discipline is a choice of two "pains." The "pain" of the discipline now which will produce good fruit or the "pain" of regret once you have taken the path of least resistance.
Lets resist our fleshly desires today and fix our eyes on the author and perfecter of our faith.
Remember: Regular consistent steps will inevitably produce growth.
Let's run this race to WIN
Lots of Love xx
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