Are you seeking godliness?
Are you striving to be like the image Christ has set before you?
2 Timothy 4:6-8
"For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing."
How did Timothy know? How could say with confidence that he had fought the good fight and finished the race at the end of his life? Timothy was exhausted! He knew he was running because he was tired!
So I guess the question is.... are you tired yet?
Hebrews 12:1-2
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
If you understand the weight of those verses it should change the way you live your entire life. The way you spend your time. The way you think. The way you talk. The way you facebook... the way you run the race.
Does it ever get easier here on earth? ...No. Because we will never be rid of the flesh here.
So don't give up! Resolve to keep fighting! Resolve to keep running! So that one day you may find eternal rest in Heaven worshiping our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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