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Monday, February 15, 2010

A Spiritual Olympian

I have been watching the Winter Olympics.
It amazes me, what some of those athletes do,
in their events of competition.
And to think that they have practiced, and worked
hard, for a long time to get ready for this one time
event. The Apostle Paul looked at this life, as being
a time of preparation, for a one time event.
That event, is our homecoming with the Lord Jesus
Christ, and receiving all the eternal blessings He offers.
He said this: "Do you not know that those who run
in a race, all run, but one receives the prize? Run in
such a way that you may obtain it."
(1 Corithians 9:24)
We and the rest of the world are on a life course.
Between our birth and our death, is our running time.
All run, but not all will get the prize. All that are living now,
will not have eternal life, when this life is done.
Paul is saying; make it your main goal to live your life, in a
way that is definately heading toward the eternal rewards of God.
Paul writes to Timothy; "For bodily excercise profits little,
but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise
of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
(1 Timothy 4:8)
Everyday of our lives is a time of training
and preparation, to be the best we can be, when we
meet Jesus face to face. We are spiritual Olympians,
heading for the prize, "the upward call of God
in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14b)
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