Stamina

Credits: Mark Loy

On Saturday, I was driving along Mandai Road and saw a cyclist riding up the sloping road. He seems to be struggling a little, and it got me thinking... Cycling and running requires much stamina!

"It's not about how well you begin the race but how well you finish that matters!"
(In order to finish well, the process is important as well... like the training and endurance you have to go through to get you to finish the race well)

Very much like our Christian race, our walk with God!

It's important to end well and our journey with God matters A Lot!

In order to train ourselves up spiritually, we'd need to have a good diet of our daily bread - the Word of God, feeding on it and digesting it, letting our body absorb the nutrients.

We also need to exercise and work out on our muscles - praying in the Spirit, exercising our gift of tongues to build up our spirit man.

These will in turn build us up emotionally and spiritually to endure the trials, difficulties, struggles that we may face in our journey, our race.

Similar to cyclists & runners, it's important to have companions, mates alongside you to inspire you, cheer you on, keep you in check and spur you to greater heights! - Therefore it's important to plant ourselves in a local church, in a cell group with fellow Christian friends in our journey with Christ!

Blessed is the one

    who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

    or sit in the company of mockers,

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but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,

    and who meditates on his law day and night.

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That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,

    which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither—

    whatever they do prospers.

Psalm 1:1-3

I'm thankful and glad that God, my Heavenly Father, my all in all, has surround me with all you brothers and sisters in Christ! And the friends and family He has blessed me with that has been a great part of my life and made me who I am today. It's my commitment to God to keep praying for those who do not yet know Christ as their own Lord and personal Saviour, and also those who have slipped away from Him over the years, may the imperishable seed that has/had been planted in them continue to germinate/re-germinate and lead them back into His Loving Arms one fine day in His timing.