Running

With the Olympics around the corner again I think of one of my favourite events the men’s 100metres race.

I remember the day Usain Bolt set the world record for 100m, all the focus, energy and training he put in...  He started running and crossed the 100m mark in world record time!

Now I imagine if he ran in the opposite direction that day, the effort and all he puts in would have been the same; the only difference is his direction! This is how easy it is to go astray.

Not forgetting these things but for a moment forget laziness, forget distractions even forget sin! Imagine you were doing all you should be, but in the wrong direction, Maybe for the wrong reasons? Or without a pure heart? ….

The point is that if you are not running in the right direction with God it is all in vain!

[Matthew 7:22-23] “On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, ‘We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles.’  But I will tell them, ‘I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!’”

Yesterday hearing thunder for the first time in a while and I was reminded of how my mum told me when I was little that when thunder strikes God is angry. So when I heard thunder strike and I would always get on my knees and pray for forgiveness.

Growing up I have come to learn that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. I have learnt that the fear of God guides us in the right direction in our daily lives.  In all we do we must fear God so that we do not go astray.