Are You in Training?

Regrets, mistreatment, injustice and unexplained difficulties can knock us off our feet. But Paul tells us how to get up and keep running:

“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” we “press on toward the goal to win the prize” (Philippians 3:13-14)

Did you know that Scripture mentions physical training and compares it to spiritual training (1 Timothy 4:8)?(1) Our life on earth is training for heaven:

• Straining to know God’s love that overcomes fear and unbelief even when we don’t understand our circumstances. (We do this by knowing His Word.) 
• Pressing on in prayer, knowing we're forgiven, knowing He’s our strength and justice, even when we don’t see or feel the results.
• Focusing on the goal, knowing God will accomplish His purposes in us and through us.

Christians must be runners…no couch potatoes allowed!

The prize: fulfillment of God's purposes in this life and eternal life with Christ when our race here comes to an end. 
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(1) "For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." 1 Timothy 4:8