Stay On Track

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

 

Ps 119: 32 I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.

 

She was just  150 meters away from winning the 2023 Peachtree 10 kilometer road race when Senbere Teferi,  the defending champion followed a motorcycle off course, costing her the win and thousands of dollars in prize money.

The Bible  likens the Christian walk of faith to a race. And there’s a lot more at stake than money.

Our race is not a sprint, it’s a marathon that requires endurance to the finish line.

 

Heb 12:1b “let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

 

We enter the race by the grace of God, the hour we first believed, and the course that He sets before us are marked by His  Ten Commandments.

 

If someone were to ask you to name  The Commandments, could you do it? If not,  how then can you expect to stay on course and finish! Believe me, this race has many distractions along the way ,

 

Ga 5:7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?  8 This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you!

No, this persuasion comes from the devil, our flesh, and the world.

By now, you and I should recognize that we need the enlarged heart that the Psalmist speaks of in Ps 119:32. An enlarged heart speaks of greater love for God, a love that gives us the desire to serve and obey Him. Obeying the commandments won’t get you to heaven, but they will keep you on track for the race that God has set before you.

 

Review them often, confessing your wrong turns along the way, receiving His promised forgiveness, and then thank Him for getting you back on track again.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Todays Living Word.