What are you running to obtain? Is this Christian life all about obtaining better health, more wealth, and greater prosperity?
In 1 Corinthians 9:25 we read,
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. (1Pet 1:17-19)
In 1 Corinthians 9:25 we read,
"And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown."
So which crown are we really seeking?
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. (1Pet 1:17-19)
Gold and silver didn't redeem us from our sin, and gold and silver won't give our lives meaning, because gold and silver are no prize at all in the grand scheme of things. I find it interesting that Peter even references being redeemed from our vain, aimless, empty way of life handed down to us by our religious forefathers. In other words, our lives can be quite religious, and yet quite devoid of true spiritual success.
So how are you measuring your success in running the race?
The good news is that no matter how far off track you have gotten, repentance will always put you right back on track, as the blood of Christ can cleanse us from all our unrighteousness.
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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