Do you enjoy a good run? 🤷🏻♀️
Yes?
Oh good! 🙋🏻♀️
Me too! Let’s talk.
There are so many analogies in scripture to life and running.
In the Bible, Paul talks about running.
1 Corinthians 9:24 says, ” …all runners run, but only one gets the prize. Run such a race as to get the prize.”
Philippians 3:12b states, “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Forgetting what lies behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Just like running a race, the Christian life requires confidence and trust in the process. It requires faith. We have to believe in the end result. We have to possess hope that, what we may thought impossible, is possible.
When we get tired, we nourish ourselves with His word. He is like refreshing water to the soul. When we don’t think we can go any further and we want to quit, He carries us.
I am a believer that Jesus allows the Christian who endures the trials of life and presses on through the hard times to enjoy the benefits of the “Runners High”. Those of us running with Him do get a prize. We get to enjoy a taste of heaven on earth. We get the hope of eternity.
First, We have to commit to His plan. Then, we train. We have to do it right. Obedience has rewards. It takes discipline, sacrifice, prayer, and self control. In Philippians 4:13 Paul tells us that “We can do everything through Christ who strengthens us!”
Have you run a race? Are you running the Christian race?
You can! With Jesus, you can!
….step by step.
So Stay High! And Carrie on!
Jesus Loves you!
Carrie
Stay High 