Monday, February 10, 2025
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant…
English seems to limit our ability to express what love really is, especially when we use the same word for pizza as we do for those in our family. Which is why God has given us a very detailed explanation of it in His Word. And who best to learn from then the Author of love Himself. He is love.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
When Paul reflected on his life, he realized he’d done what God had asked of him. He’d faced hardships through persecutions and imprisonments, he’d spoken the truth in each town that he’d gone to, and he didn’t waver in his faith. When he shared those things with Timothy, he wasn’t boasting about his faithfulness, he was merely looking back with thankfulness on all God used him to accomplish.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
Wisdom isn’t found in seeking your own opinion, it’s found in seeking trusted, godly people who are willing to share their life experience with you. When you do that, you’re acknowledging that you don’t have all the answers, and it allows you to take the true posture of wisdom… humility. If you really seek wisdom, don’t do a quick internet search, seek out those whose life experience and understanding trumps your own.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.
Only the first person to cross the finish line receives the prize. Usually that’s the person that’s put in the most work. They train, they practice, they beat their bodies into submission so that they can win what they’ve worked so hard for…the prize. That’s how God’s called you to run this race…as if you were going to win. So, make sure you’re in it to win it!
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Hebrews 12:1-2a
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.
If you get discouraged while running this race that’s been marked out for you by God, remember Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Moses. Men and women of the faith who have walked the same path, pushed through the same feelings and overcome while living on this earth. Let their example push you to continue running the race, letting go of all that hinders you, so that you can receive your eternal reward.
Monday, February 3, 2025
2 Timothy 2:5
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
Every time an athlete gets stripped of their medals because they were using performance enhancing drugs, it’s a bit disheartening. There’s always the expectation that an athlete will compete according to the rules. And it’s the same when you run the race towards Christ. God expects you to run with integrity so that you may, ultimately, receive the victor’s crown.