Running that Race

Went running this morning..Wow its been a long time since i had run around my estate and it felt pretty good.As i ran i asked GOD for more "LORD, please enlarge my territory", i felt that i could do more with my life than what it is right now.

Yet as i ran, i compared my life to running, i did not want to just run around my estate, i want to run further than that, just as the same as my life to run further. Even as this thought passed through my mind, i felt the HOLY SPIRIT prompt "so why do u not run further than ur estate right now?"

I answered "because i haven't been training and i don't have the stamina"..even as i said this words the revelation of what i said shocked me. Indeed it is because i have not been training, just as runner need to train for a race, so do we need to train our spiritual life by walking with GOD, Obeying all HE asks and having that determination and perseverance to finish that race! Yes, HE will guide and help us but at the same time we must be willing too and not give up!!!

Only then can we have the stamina to run the race of life set before us by the LORD and finish well.