Who Cut In and Tripped You?

You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept 

you from obeying the truth?

GALATIANS 5:7

Occasionally we get tripped by other people. But most of the time, we trip ourselves. We forget 

the reason why we are in the race, and we forget the rewards of the victory. it's tough to stay focused, but it's the only way to finish the race.

Paul was talking about this when he wrote to the Corinthians, "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way to get the prize" (1 Corinthians 9:24)

Hera are four guideline to encourage you:

1. Keep focused on your goal.
2. Resist discouragement. it's never wrong to be discouraged, but it is fatal to give up.
3. Renew yourself daily, "At the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9)
4. Rely completely on the Lord. If we leave God out of our lives, we will struggle in our own strength and lose the upward dimension that renews our faith and our hope. So keep running.

Sala, Harold. Just for today: Guidelines for living