Life’s Marathon"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (King James Version)
Today folk seem to feel that we must all win the race. Our children should all be above average. Or Founding Fathers said we were all created equal not that we all ended our lives equally.
In a Marathon only one wins but all who reach the finish line can wear the Tee Shirt. “I ran in the Marathon” Can we wear the the shirt that says “I ran in Heaven’s Marathon!”
In a Marathon many have fallen but got up and ran again. Some have even come in the next day. So when you stumble and fall, get up, run on. Trust God who is able to keep you from falling to get you to the finished line. Jude 1:24 To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy..." -- Dr. George Van Sandt is a friend of America's KESWICK and contributor to Freedom Fighter
Digging Deeper: Proverbs 29; Judges 7-8; Luke 5:1-16
Dig This Quote: The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colourless and unbending. To another it means a risky, surprised-filled adventure, lived tiptoe at the edge of expectation...If we get our information from the biblical material, there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring life. Eugene Peterson
Determined Digging: Level 1 -- Psalm 91:1; Level 2 -- Psalm 51:1-4
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