Hit the Ground Running

Most Mondays I try to send a men's text group a word of encouragement to start their day and week. here is the encouragament from this past Monday: 

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,  I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Philippians 3:13-14 NLT

There is an African proverb that says:

"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

The apostle Paul understood the importance of "running" but his goal wasn't to survive, his goal was to attain "the prize", to fulfill the calling God placed on his life, and to draw closer to Jesus.

We are all "running" this race called life, but what (or who)  are you running for? Are you running just to survive, or are you running for the glory of the Lord? Let go of the past and "press" toward Christ.

Praying you have a blessed week as you run the race of your life.