"And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer that when we first believed." Romans 13:11
Today I saw a sign over a man's desk that gave a great challenge. The sign gave a simple two word message...."start today".
Right around the first of the year I picked up an article on New Years resolutions. The article focused on the number one resolution, which is to go on a diet to lose weight. It took an interesting angle in looking at success in dieting, based on what day of the week you began the diet. A study was cited that indicated that it didn't seem to matter much what day of the week you started, except they did find, that the highest number of diets that failed were started on Mondays. The feeling was that those who put things off, are not really serious about what they are putting off, and if your going to put something off, you'll usually put it off until Monday. The point they made in the article was that those who are really serious about dieting, start right away.
How is your relationship with the Lord? If you are not happy with your spiritual walk, if you feel you need to be more disciplined and spend more time in prayer and in the word. Don't tell yourself that you will start getting serious on Monday, or when things slow down, or as soon as you finish this or that. The great need for us all is to be strong in the Lord, and to be spiritually disciplined. There is no better time to begin than now. Don't put it off, let's start today!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Keep Going
"....and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us." Hebrews 12:1
It is pretty tough to run a marathon. And while the race itself is a grueling twenty six point two miles, I think the toughest part is not the race, but the months of training before the race.
I've talked to people who have set out to train for a marathon and quit early on. They start out and run two or three miles and feel horrible, after some quick math, it is concluded that if they feel this bad at two miles, how could they ever run twenty four more! The problem is that they get overwhelmed by focusing on the longer distance, which they can't run.....yet. The key to training for the marathon is to stay strong day in and day out at the shorter distances. As you are disciplined in the shorter runs, soon running two miles will be easy, then four and eight and so on, until twenty six point two is not so overwhelming.
The problems you have today might seem as daunting as a marathon, and your temptation might be to throw up your hands and pull out of the race, thinking you can never make it. If your focus becomes the how far, or the how long, you can easily get weary and discouraged. Your job is to be faithful to Jesus day by day and allow Him to take care of the results. As with marathon training, when you keep your focus on daily faithfulness, soon your strength will grow, and you will no longer be defeated by what once seemed impossible to overcome.
It is pretty tough to run a marathon. And while the race itself is a grueling twenty six point two miles, I think the toughest part is not the race, but the months of training before the race.
I've talked to people who have set out to train for a marathon and quit early on. They start out and run two or three miles and feel horrible, after some quick math, it is concluded that if they feel this bad at two miles, how could they ever run twenty four more! The problem is that they get overwhelmed by focusing on the longer distance, which they can't run.....yet. The key to training for the marathon is to stay strong day in and day out at the shorter distances. As you are disciplined in the shorter runs, soon running two miles will be easy, then four and eight and so on, until twenty six point two is not so overwhelming.
The problems you have today might seem as daunting as a marathon, and your temptation might be to throw up your hands and pull out of the race, thinking you can never make it. If your focus becomes the how far, or the how long, you can easily get weary and discouraged. Your job is to be faithful to Jesus day by day and allow Him to take care of the results. As with marathon training, when you keep your focus on daily faithfulness, soon your strength will grow, and you will no longer be defeated by what once seemed impossible to overcome.
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