And how much more at the beginning of this new month!
To run the race and reach the ribbon, we must keep our eyes
on the prize that is there to be won. The world and all of its lies and
distractions seek constantly to divert us from the goal and steal our focus
from the calling upon our lives.
There is no looking backward when you are running a race.
The finish line is all that matters. The failures and deviations of the past
must not be allowed to frustrate our forward progress. The lies of the devil
and all his human cronies must not cause our eyes to come off the track God that
has put us on.
Let them do their worst. God will take care of them and
bring their plans to confusion, insanity, dementia, and obscurity.
There are many others running in a race, but only one will take the ribbon. That is the way and the mind-set with which we have to run.
Like Paul intimates, ‘It is not as though I have ‘made it’
already, or reached the level or distance I should have achieved by now, but
this one thing I am doing is setting my eyes on the goal, and with all of my
determination and strength, running to fulfil the ministry that God called me
to. (Colossians 4:17)
And no devil, no argument, no accusation, no spiteful or
cynical spirit, is going to stop me; for I am more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus who loved me from before the very beginning of this world.’ (Isaiah 54:17)
