08/30/22 CHOOSING THE BEST OVER ALL OF THE REST

08/30/22 CHOOSING THE BEST OVER ALL OF THE REST

I watched a really good Christian movie several months ago (Remember The Goal). It was about a Christian high school, long distance coach and how she lead her team to victory. A really well done movie.

I watched another really good Christian movie this evening (The Perfect Race). It was a follow-up with the same coach, coaching a college team in the 800 meters. Another really well done movie.

I enjoyed the movies. But I also went through personal angst and heartbreak. I watch people run their own races in life. Sadly, though many of the "runners" are very talented, they are running the wrong races. They are training in the wrong way, they are following the wrong courses, they are teamed up with the wrong teammates.

I watch as people set before young people the wrong goals, the wrong principles, the wrong practices. I watch as young people spend their best years in pursuit of that which satisfies them for a moment, but robs them for a lifetime... and even longer. I watch as the gifts of God are wasted on the passing joys of this world. I watch as young people either reach for the tarnished crowns of human accomplishment or spend their best years and their abilities pleasing their own flesh or fulfilling the dreams of other people who are not seeking the whole will of God.

Find these two movies on YOUTUBE. Watch them. See them as a parable of life. The goal, the perfect race is totally under the authority of God. It must be seen as the call and will of God.

Seek God's truth, follow God's Spirit, commit to God's race, take advantage of God's ministering pastors. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME.

Ephesians 5:14-16
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 

Colossians 4:5-6
(5) Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
(6) Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.