Run The Race To Win

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13

In this walk with and through Christ, by His blessed Holy Spirit, we must resolve to run this race to win. We must learn to praise God through our adversities and not give over our strength to complaining about what we are going through. Bless the lord and praise him anyway. The attacks are not against you, but against your faith and to make you doubt God. There will be ups and downs in your life, also good and bad times, through them all as Paul taught in Phil. 3: 13-14. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those thing which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

This may seem hard to a lot of us, because we get caught up in what we are going through. We tend to look at the problem instead of the solution. Thereby giving strength to the enemy, we start looking for pity and for someone to listen to our complaining. When this happens you have already lost the battle. Why? You lost because you are magnifying the power of the enemy and looking to share it with some one else.

Peter had a similar experience in Matt. 14:24-31; He started out in faith and believed, so much so, he walked on water. He was able to do this because he trusted and kept his eyes on Jesus. Unfortunately he started listening to his companions and began to doubt. What happen then? Well, he took his eyes off Jesus and the storm began to magnify and he began to sink into the waters of life. Not unlike a lot of us. We start out strong and allow others or our situations to draw our attention away from God and we began to sink. We loose faith and start crying “Lord save me”. We totally forget that He already has and just want us to walk in His saving grace.

The solution lies in the question Jesus asked Peter “O you of little faith, Why did you doubt?” You cannot win the race or the fight if you doubt. You must believe you have the power to win. That power is put in you when you are born-again, by the Holy Spirit Acts 1:8. For all of you who are going through, no matter how hard it may seem, don’t doubt God, keep the faith. Keep pressing toward the prize (victory) of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Don’t allow your own mind or those around you, to cause you to loose sight. Ignore the vain words of ignorance about the circumstances. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil Eph.6:11.

God has given you all need to win, Faith, Hope and Charity (Love) Corinth. 13:13. Remember, you are bought with a price, the blood of Jesus, and you are no longer yours but His. So continue to grow in the spirit and strength, mature in the word of God and remember God cannot fail or lie. He is not like man; he does not give and take back. He (God) is true to his word to us. He gave you His power, by His spirit, so why are you begging? You have all you need, Use It! Amen and Hallelujah!!!

I close with this scripture until next time. Therefore let us, as many as are mature. Have this mind and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Phil. 3:15. May God keep you safe and provide all your needs according to His riches in glory, through Christ Jesus. Amen.