All I Had To Do Was
Run
“Know ye not that
they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye
may obtain.” (1 Corinthians 9:24)
Today’s Morsel: One of the major
events in the Olympic games is racing. And one of the things about racing
is only one person can win and receive the prize. When we understand this from
a spiritual standpoint, we must run to obtain. There comes a time that each
of us must run from those things that can harm us or hinder us from winning the
race and obtaining the prize that Christ has set before us. Paul told his
protege Timothy, “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith,
charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” (2
Timothy 2:22) Paul’s desire to encourage and inspire on the Corinthian
believers was to use the Olympic event of racing to challenge them, as
they were well-aware of this event. He told them, “Know ye not that they
which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may
obtain.” He wanted this church to obtain the prize that God has laid up
for them. He told them that this Christian life is a race, so run it
well. Solomon said, “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is
not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise,
nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but
time and chance happeneth to them all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11) We all have the
same chance to win. But if we do not run, we cannot obtain. Paul
again admonishes us, “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the
joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such
contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your
minds.” (Hebrews 12:1-3) Don’t miss the prize because you didn’t run !
Sing: I’m running for my life; I’m
running for my life. I’m running for my life; I’m running for my life. If
anybody asks you, what’s the matter with me, tell them that I’m saved,
sanctified, Holy Ghost filled and water baptized, I've got Jesus on my mind and
I’m running for my life.
Thought For Today: All I had to do was
run (Parker)
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