RUN THE RACE – WITH ENDURANCE (PATIENCE)

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
John 12:24

You can tell the size of a Christian by what it takes to stop him.
Hebrews 12:1 says we are to
“run with patience the race that is set before us.”
The word “patience” is not used in the same sense that we use the word.
It literally means “endurance.”
We know that a runner is going to win or lose primarily based on his endurance.
You cannot quit.
When it hurts, you cannot quit.
When your lungs are on fire, you cannot quit.
When your feet feel like lead, you cannot quit.
When your sides ache, you cannot quit!
You’ll never be a spiritual athlete if you’re a quitter!
No pain, no gain.

What is tugging at you to try and make you quit?
What have you allowed into your life that has weakend you spiritually?
Are you justifying actions that you KNOW should not be a part of your life?
What are you doing that is beyond the boundaries established by God?
Thank God for His power that enables you
to run the race and gain the victor’s crown!