Winners Mind

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: Winners Mind.

Hebrews 12:12-14

TO PERSEVERE, WE MUST DEAL WITH WEARINESS AND INJURIES IN THE RACE.

Weariness and injuries are inevitable in this lifelong race. The implication is, it’s not going to be easy to finish the course. The crucial question is, “Will you drop out because of the hardships or will you deal with the problems and keep running?” If you drop out, you need to examine whether you are truly saved.

Like that Olympic runner, true Christians finish the course. They may be limping and hurting with every step, but they cross the finish line, looking unto Jesus. They don’t quit because they’re tired or hurt. As the author said (Heb. 3:14), “For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end.”

In an actual race, the runner has to deal both with mental and physical hindrances. If the runner becomes mentally discouraged, he loses the motivation to keep going. Physically, he may turn his ankle or develop blisters or experience joint pain. He may have to stop at a rest station and deal with these problems in order to finish the race. But then he keeps going.

Spiritually, it is the same. We must battle in the realm of the spirit to overcome discouragement and to maintain hope and joy. Paul commands us to “keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth” (Col. 3:1-2). That can be a constant, hour-by-hour battle, depending on the intensity of the problems we are facing!

The appeal of our text is, “Deal with spiritual weariness and injuries so that they don’t put you out of the race!”

LET US PRAY
Every Spirit of failure and loser in you is cast out by fire in Jesus Name.

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