“Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air” - I Cor 9:26 (NIV).
If you follow motor racing, as I do, one of the beauties about it is that as much as the cars are speeding there are headed in a certain direction. There are in a race and their pace is about winning. The drivers are all eyeing ahead fully concentrated on winning. There are busy driving and with s clear goal.
This is important because it is so very easy for one to be busy in life without any direction. Although life is running at full throttle it is like the wind leading to know where. A driver like a reckless teen excited by the machine in his hand pressing hard and flying to nowhere. Till a crush!
In life we need not just to be speeding. You can run your life at full speed. But it is important to be clear of which direction you are headed. For believers that is the treasures of eternal life through faith in Christ. By being clear of this purpose it means that our speed is for a purpose. Not just a rush of adrenalin. Be busy but with a purpose.
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Prayer for today: Lord Father in heaven, today I pray that where I am busy my life has a purpose!
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23/04/2024 - 24/04/2024 All day“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31)
There are many instances we find in the scriptures where God came and told a person, “I will come!” It was quite difficult to comprehend then and the waiting took a bit of time, but the Lord came through.
We find so in Gen 18:10, how the Lord spoke to Abraham, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” And surely at the right time the Lord came through.
The prophet Isaiah did long before the birth of Christ prophecy, “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (9:6-7).
Well, it took a bit of time; but it surely came to pass. There is here a remarkable fact about knowing God which none of us should ever lose sight of. As He once spoke through the prophet Balam, “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” ( Numbers 23:19).There is a world of difference between God and man! If He has promised; He will fulfill. The Lord’s “Yes” is truly “Yes;” and His “No,” quite frankly, “No! “ Listen to God. If He has said, “I will come”, just wait, for as with the prophets, the Lord is not in the business of falling back on His own word!
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, as you word says, you are not a human that you should lie, and for this, I hold on to your promises over my life, as I wait on you, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
