How are We Going to Run the Race?

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

This is my prayer, this is my goal . . . That at the end of the battle I can say, I have fought the fight, finished the race, kept the faith! As believers, where has our passion gone, where is our conviction, our enthusiasm for faith, for the Lord. We are in a battle, a war, with the enemy and most times I don’t even think we care, we as believers are being slaughtered by the schemes of the devil and don’t even know it. Or is it that we do know it but its just too much work to do anything about it. Each day how many times do we allow the little things, the “little sins” to grab hold of us and rob us of our joy, of our testimonies? I know I do, each time I gossip, or allow my negative attitude to get the better of me. Each time I put myself, my opinions, preferences, my stubborn will before others. I don’t know about you all, but I do that every day, multiple times. Yet how often do I ask for help, how often do I excuse my sin, how often do I write it off because its not a “big sin” The fact is, we only get one shot at life, one opportunity to live a life worthy of what God has asked of us. One go around to make much of Christ, so as I sit here today, I ask myself . . . “is that how I live? Is that how I make my decisions? Or how I treat my brothers and sisters in Christ?” Jesus gave it all, everything he had, HIS LIFE so that we could have a relationship with him, so that we could have eternal security yet how much time do we spend with HIM?

2 Timothy 2: 15

Do your best to present yourself to God, as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.