“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.”
Picture this; The race is on. The runners
line up and take their starting positions. Their breathing slows as they ready
themselves for the shot of the gun…. Bang! It goes off and all the runners fly
forward, but only a few seconds in, almost all of them begin to slow, some even
reaching a walking pace. You, as a spectator, groan – what kind of race is
this? Where did all their adrenaline go?
But no, this isn’t the race we
wanna be watching; and this isn’t a race you wanna be in either! The race that
we’re running is a race for a prize – for eternity. Our race is a race we all run in, but a race
we want to run like we intend to win.
That’s an example of someone
running to obtain the prize. We should get in to run the entire thing – and
win… hitting the finish line full speed ahead. We should run the race we have
set before us in this way. We should run full speed ahead, running for
the race, for the prize. Our love and zeal should come through the fighting for
the prize.
Today, I will pray that the Lord
would renew my zeal in His will and the plans he has for my life.
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