Sep 02 2009
Endurance
I’ve recently started to ride my bicycle, every other day, to stay fit and build up my endurance. I realize my body’s endurance is not going to be strengthen in a matter of days, or even weeks. It’s going to take months of constant trying!
I feel the same way about my spiritual endurance. There are days when I’ve felt the growth in my walk with God. But what I really should be doing is to step it up, and run with God! Increase the intensity, once in a while.
Growth comes in spurts.
Nevertheless, it’s still a long run. God promised me the prize of eternal salvation, and perfection in heaven. To get there, I must persist. I must not be discouraged, nor be put off.
God’s marathon is worth living!
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
