Are you prepared for a sudden and mighty move of My Spirit?
No more standing on the side-lines or spectating from the bench. I need you to be race ready, match fit, with miles in your legs.
A professional athlete does not wake up one morning and decide to enter a race. They are ready and positioned to run as a result of months and years of training on a balanced programme of exercise, good nutrition, and rest.
Consistency and discipline in the daily choices of life shape your tomorrows and prepare for what lies ahead. And so it is with you, My friend. Stay focused and keep your eye on the prize. No comparison with others around you; that’s a joy stealer straight from the enemy camp.
Let the Holy Spirit lead you and show you what’s best. Spend time in the Word and at My feet. Nourish, replenish and hydrate well. Build movement and exercise into your weekly routine and take time out for both recovery and Sabbath rest. Throw off everything that would hold you back. Well-being and vitality are your inheritance. The dynamic power of the Holy Spirit is on the inside of you; receive boundless energy, endless strength!
Activation: Spend time in God’s presence and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal your energy gains and energy drains. Where do you need to make change? What small steps can you put in place as a response to this Word in order to see transformation?
24 [a]Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!
25 Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a [b]crown that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither].
26 Therefore I do not run without a definite goal; I do not flail around like one beating the air [just shadow boxing].
27 But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service].
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] 1 Corinthians 9:24 The Isthmian Games, held near Corinth, were among the major athletic competitions of ancient Greece. The Corinthians’ familiarity with this sporting event would have made this passage (vv 24-27) very meaningful to them.
[b] 1 Corinthians 9:25 Lit perishable crown, usually a woven wreath of pine worn as a crown.
12 Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on [a]so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.
13 [b]Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:12-14 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Philippians 3:12 Lit even if I may. Paul knew that he could not really reach perfection in this life, but his goal was to “press on” as if it were attainable.
[b] Philippians 3:13 Lit Brethren.
God’s Discipline Proves His Love
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
Hebrews 12:1 (AMP)
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Unapologetically Marcia 