"And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him." Colossians 2:6
When you're as consistent a runner as Japan's Yuki Kawauchi, 30, people take notice. And on Monday, thousands of people watched as Yuki completed his 76th marathon in under 2 hours, 20 minutes (2:18:59) winning the Marshfield Marathon in Massachusetts and breaking the record for the most sub-2:20 marathons ever completed. And for his extraordinary efforts in braving the single-digit temperatures to set this new world record, the young racer may also now hold the title of the fastest marathoner to finish 26.2 miles in weather that cold.
And while you can be sure that clocking such consistent race times required a lot of time, training and effort to achieve, the benefits to Yuki were enormous. Just as the benefits are to us when we are consistent in our walk with Christ. You see, the Bible is clear that accepting Christ Jesus as our Lord is only the beginning of our journey and that we "must continue to follow him" for the rest of our days... consistently, purposefully and constantly. It's only then, when we live a life steadily striving and training in the Word to be more like Jesus, that others will take notice of us and want to know more about Him.
So would you say that you are consistent in your walk with Jesus today? And if not, what will you do to change that? Considering that many unbelievers might be watching us (including our friends and family), can you see the enormous benefits of walking closely with Christ-not only for us but for others, that we might inspire them to do the same?
Heavenly Father, thank you for the examples of people in the Bible like Paul that show the power one person who is walking closely with you can have to inspire others to do the same. Help us to give up everything that stands in our way of serving you with our whole hearts that we would follow you so closely that others would be drawn to the Cross because of our actions and the way we live our lives. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!!!
Giving it all to you - Carrollton
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