Tues., 5/7/19 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 spiritual foot race (which is more or less a covenantal "marathon"). We have only one goal. That goal is Jesus Himself. Through our provisional “reaching” of our goal (of Christ) we in the faithful church become more and more like our Savior everyday. By faith, let us set our eyes on our Redeemer. Let us not worry too much about anything else.

All the distractions will take care of themselves, so long as we keep Christ before us. We will have the world’s and our flesh’s "wind resistance," fatigue, and lack of breath—but the race is still completely 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"]