Who are you trying to keep up with?TODAY'S SCRIPTURE:
"…let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…"
"…let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…"
Hebrews 12:1-2
It's easy to be tempted to go through life competing with everyone around us. When we see someone who's more talented, better looking or has more gifts, instead of running our race and being comfortable with who we are, oftentimes we feel inferior and think, "I've got to catch up to them."
It's easy to be tempted to go through life competing with everyone around us. When we see someone who's more talented, better looking or has more gifts, instead of running our race and being comfortable with who we are, oftentimes we feel inferior and think, "I've got to catch up to them."
The problem with this unhealthy competition is that it's a never-ending cycle. There will always be someone ahead of us. But, it's a very freeing thing when you realize, "I'm not competing with you. I don't have to have as big a house as my neighbor to feel good about myself. I don't have to keep up with my co-worker. I don't have to be a certain size. No, I understand that I'm not in competition with my friend, my neighbor or my co-worker." I catch myself having to keep in check with my own gifts and abilities however abundant or limited. When I participate at Crossfit Mt.Olive I have to remind myself I'm going to do my best not to better someone else's time, weight or reps. Often it is when we loose site of what we are made for that we get hurt or hurt others by concentrating too much on what others are doing for the sake of a victory.
Selah people' and friends I challenge each of us instead to say to ourselves, "I'm going to be the best me that I can possibly be."
Friend, that's an attitude God can work with. When you focus on being who God made you to be, that's when you'll rise up higher and position yourself for every spiritual blessing He has in store for you!
OUR PRAYER FOR TODAY:
"Father God, I humbly come to You giving You all that I am. I choose to keep my eyes on You and allow You to work in my heart and mind. I declare that I am free from competition today. In Jesus' Name. Amen."
Your brother in Christ,
Patrick
Rev Patrick Muston, Senior Pastor
Selah Christian Church
Four Oaks, NC
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