The Word of the Lord is like a guard rail to keep the Lord’s runners on a reliable path to finish the race that He has called us to run.
“He who despises the Word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.”
“The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.”
“Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, but he who regards a rebuke will be honored. A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.” [1]
The Lord is willing and able to renew our minds so that we think as He designed us to think. A transformed mind yields a transformed runner.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” [2]
The Lord has promised a crown of life to those who run with His agenda.
“Everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus, I fight, not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” [3]
[1] Proverbs 13:13-14, 18-19
[2] Romans 12:1-2
[3] 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
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