Beloved, the key to winning a race is perseverance. Your pace matters. If you run too fast, you will burn out quickly. If you move too slow, your flame will fizzle out. Neither are My will for you.
I want you to stay in perfect pace with Me to maximise your perseverance this year. I invite you to take My hand and allow Me to centre you in My perfect will. Drink in My Spirit, and let it set your pace for each day. I may have you move fast for a time and then slow for a time. Either way, flow with Me every step of the way. This will allow Me to protect you from burn out, loss, and snares.
Trust Me, and I will see you to the end, cheering the loudest as you confidently cross the finish line.
Prayer:
Father, thank You for the reminder that You set the perfect pace for my race. Help me to always stay in step with You. Help me to not get ahead or lag behind You so I may be protected from burn out, loss, and snares. I trust in Your perfect timing and know You will see me through to the finish line. Thank-you for always being my number one fan, cheering me on every step of the way. May You be glorified in all I do. In Jesus’s name, amen.
Jesus, the Example
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of [a]witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,
2 [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, [b]disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].
Hebrews 12:1-2 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Hebrews 12:1 I.e. the people commended for their faith in ch 11. See 11:2, 39.
[b] Hebrews 12:2 Sometimes the public shame of the cross is overlooked when one thinks of the pain and agony inflicted by it, but in the Roman Empire crucifixion was a shameful and disgraceful way to die, a form of capital punishment from which Roman citizens were exempt; and in Roman comedy it was used in a curse: “Go to a bad cross!”
If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit].
Galatians 5:25 (AMP)
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Unapologetically Marcia 