Mon., 5/7/18 Devotion (Heb. 12:1b-2a)

Today's encouragement comes from Hebrews 12:1b & 2a, where we read these helpful words:

" . . . and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith . . . "

Here is good counsel for the church today. Let us remember that we are in a race (which is more or less a covenantal "marathon"). We have a goal. That goal is Jesus Himself; and becoming more and more like Him everyday. By faith, let us set our eyes on Christ. Let us not become too consumed with anything else.

All the distractions will take care of themselves, so long as we keep our Re-deemer before us. We will have spiritual "wind resistance," fatigue, and lack of breath—but it is all worth it.

[Puritan quote of the day: "The heart is that which the devil strives hardest for. Never did he so strive for the body of Moses as he does for the heart of man. In religion the heart is all.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repent-ance"]