TODAY'S WORD:
Regularly, we see reports of a heroic finish by a competitor in a long-distance running event. Dehydrated, some have collapsed and completed their race by crawling across the finish line. Sometimes a fellow competitor gives up his or her own chance of winning by helping a faltering runner—or a parent or friend comes down from the stands to assist. And in marathons, a parent is often seen pushing a cart carrying a disabled child who wanted to compete. In all these cases, these competitors are not heroes because they won but because they finished.
Finishing the race is the image of the Christian life as presented in the New Testament—with endurance and perseverance being the traits called for. We are not running anyone else’s race; we are running “the race that is set before us.” Since every race is different and unique, to finish is to win the race God has set before us individually.
Look at this day as one step in your race to glory, fueled by endurance and perseverance.
Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is eternal life.
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Father, thank You for Your grace and mercy. Help me to live a life worthy of You and to grow in my knowledge of You. Strengthen me with Your power and might so that I have endurance, patience, and joy. Teach me to love You above all else, and cause me to want You. Direct my heart into the love of Jesus. As I run the race You have set before me, help me to keep my eyes on Your goals, and not my own. Help me to have the daring faith that You can do anything if I will trust You. In Jesus' precious Name. Amen.
100% to God = 0% Compromise to the world!
Happy and Joyful Sabbath as We are filled with this Hope that Burns within Our Heart!
We are United in Christ!
Jesus is Coming Very Soon!
PRAISE THE LORD!💖
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