HIS GRACE FOR YOUR RACE

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As part of the body of Christ, each one of us is a different member with differing yet equally important functions in the body (Romans 12:4-8). In His wisdom, God has gifted and graced each one of us uniquely, so don’t allow yourself to get pressured into doing something just because someone else is doing it, however godly and/or noble it may be, if you do and you aren't gifted or graced for it, you risk piling up frustration, discouragement and even resentment on yourself.

⁷ But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it –                          Ephesians 4:7 NIV

Just rest in the Lord and trust Him to lead you and He will. You will find yourself doing what comes naturally and even seemingly effortlessly to you and others will be blessed by God through you. Before you know it, you’re in your “element” as it were. Just know this: God loves each one of us with His perfect Love, He doesn't love us more or less depending on what we do, no He loves us completely, absolutely, unreservedly and eternally. He is Love, so yes you are loved, regardless of what you do or don’t do. Rest in His love for you. 

Should we camp around our successes, we run the risk of building monuments to them, and that reeks of idolatry, stagnation and pride. Let's keep on following the Good Shepherd wherever He may lead us, in His presence there is fullness of joy and a lot more! If we cling to our past failures and disappointments, they will only serve to weigh us down with shame, guilt and condemnation. Let us be reminded that in Christ, we are free from any and all forms of condemnation (Romans 8:1)

Don’t let the enemy weigh you down with your not-so-stellar past, it’s under the Blood, never to be used against you again! Jesus took all our sins, past, present and future, He put them away once and for all and He doesn't remember them, so stop beating yourself up over them. Get up, dust yourself off, go forward and fulfill your destiny in the Lord. Someone is waiting at the other end of your response and you have a crowd of witnesses in the heavenly realms cheering you on.

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¹ Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, 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, ² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith… – Hebrews 12:1-2a NKJV

So forgetting the past with its victories and failures, run the race that is set before you… yes there is a specific race for you to run and you've been gifted and equipped just for it, don’t try to run someone else’s race, run yours.

Let us focus on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, let Him empower, train, lead and guide us by His Holy Spirit who is within us. As we confidently run the race that He’s set before us today, our victory in Him is guaranteed!!