Ushering in a new year
Today's message at church was excellent... as usual.
Plus a good reminder of how to start things off this year, on the right foot!
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
2 points come to mind:
1) To not be aimless
2) To let the Spirit be the master of my body, and not the body the master of the spirit.
Our pastor emphasised how the Apostle Paul uses the imagery of a runner, running to win the prize (v24), Run in such a way as to get the prize... that if you're in the race, you should be running like you want to win! and not running like it doesn't matter what you do.
And when we run we do so to win a crown that lasts forever (v25) not a temporary one that will fade. That to me was a timely reminder that what we are seeking, as Christians, isn't man's praise or the treasures that we reap on this earth, but indeed the far more eternal reward of a place in Heaven!
What then is the aim that i have to seek? the one that i must train and run for with all my strength? I'm not quite sure what it is that God's intended of me, but I know for certain what it'll be like. It'll be something that is done for the glory of God, not something selfish for my own goals but something selfless so that others know how much i want to share God's word and i'm doing it because I love Him so.
So i'm looking forward to 2006 and all the plans that God has before me... can't wait to exercise all the new gifts that He's given me!
Plus a good reminder of how to start things off this year, on the right foot!
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
2 points come to mind:
1) To not be aimless
2) To let the Spirit be the master of my body, and not the body the master of the spirit.
Our pastor emphasised how the Apostle Paul uses the imagery of a runner, running to win the prize (v24), Run in such a way as to get the prize... that if you're in the race, you should be running like you want to win! and not running like it doesn't matter what you do.
And when we run we do so to win a crown that lasts forever (v25) not a temporary one that will fade. That to me was a timely reminder that what we are seeking, as Christians, isn't man's praise or the treasures that we reap on this earth, but indeed the far more eternal reward of a place in Heaven!
What then is the aim that i have to seek? the one that i must train and run for with all my strength? I'm not quite sure what it is that God's intended of me, but I know for certain what it'll be like. It'll be something that is done for the glory of God, not something selfish for my own goals but something selfless so that others know how much i want to share God's word and i'm doing it because I love Him so.
So i'm looking forward to 2006 and all the plans that God has before me... can't wait to exercise all the new gifts that He's given me!
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