See, you and I have a course laid
out.
That's what it says.
Look at it.
And let us run with endurance the race
that is set before us.
Let us run the course that is marked
out for us.
You have a race that you are running,
that you are called to run.
And folks, I want you to know that
this is a life-long race.
From the moment you become a believer, until
the moment that you die or are raptured
away, then you are in this race.
It is a life-long race.
You ought to be running to round the
turn of maturity in Jesus Christ, conformed to
the image of Christ, which is the purpose
of God for you.
Should round the turn of sharing Christ, of
being an evangelist, doing the work of an
evangelist.
We have a finish line.
We have a course that's laid out before
us.
That's your maturity.
Back to the picture.
That's your maturity in Christ.
That's your course to become Christ-like.
And you have a finish line.
That is eternal life with Christ.
That is that permanent glorification.
Someday it will be over.
Come quickly, Lord Jesus.
We are called to run a race.
We are not called to tiptoe through the
tulips.
We are called to run a race, and
a race takes work.
If you're going to win a race, it's
going to take commitment.
Believer, it takes a commitment.
A commitment to the purposes of God.
A commitment to the Word of God.
It takes commitment.