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Keep Running for Jesus


Hebrews 12:1 - 2 ÔÇ£Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

My middle daughter, when she was young, while running on concrete, fell skinning her knees and elbow. This is something that she has done before while running on concrete. Now someone might say, "Hey, just tell her to stop running on concrete!" Sure, that will work! Then the next time that she is using a stapler and she smashes her finger or sticks a staple in her finger, does she stop using a stapler? There will always be something that we do or use that can cause injury.

Many people today are looking for a Christian walk where there is no suffering. Maybe in times past, they were persecuted for their walk, their belief or their stand on the doctrine. So what does one do, stop standing right, or stop witnessing for Christ, throw their King James Bible away? No, understand, even in persecution, there is Joy in serving the Lord and you or I, should never ever turn back on the Lord.

My daughter had two very nasty looking, injured knees and elbow, but soon as she healed up, she did AGAIN run. Yes, she did once again run on Concrete, and maybe she will again fall and be injured, but SHE MUST NOT STOP RUNNING as we also must keep running for Jesus.

Just as my daughter's injuries took time to heal, but they did heal. Oh there may be scars, but those scars will only be a reminder when she looks at them.

Until the Rapture of the Church, WE MUST keep singing, shouting, preaching, witnessing for the Lord.