I.B.S. #39

1 Corinthians 9:24

- "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one recieveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain."

My first thought after reading this verse might be a little bit different than everyone elses, which is good I guess in a sense, but after reading this the first time, I first thought to myself, "Man I hate running." Then I began to think about that a little more. One thing I know that when I or someone else is sharing the gospel I should avoid saying is that, "If you accept Christ, your life will be so much easier than everyone elses. You will get anything you ask for and your wildest dreams will come true." Reason being is because when we life for Christ, It's going to be rough. As Jesus told His disciples that the world will hate them as they have hated Him. The world will persecute us, they will hurt us because that is what they did to Christ. This verse seemed to have come more alive to me while doing this I.B.S. because if there is one thing I know, is that, for me, running sucks. I hate it. Of course there are some people who love it, who can go out and run for miles and miles and actually enjoy every minute of it. This makes me think of those who are continuously being blessed by God. I believe that God works in many different ways, and from hearing the testimonies of others I know there are people who didn't have to go through much to realize Christs grace, and there are some who had to be completely broken to find His grace. For me, I realize now that I may hate running, but we all have to do it in a Spiritual sense. While it may be extremely difficult to do in the beginning of our journey, the more we practice and train, the more learn from our mistakes of slowing down or getting overheated or sprinting then having to stop to catch our breath. We need to be running this race to the best of our abilities and these abilities have been given to us by God to help us run this race. I need to focus on my spiritual running and not my physical running

No more running in the mornings for the rest of training because it has been taking over my time with the Lord in the mornings.