Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
August 26th 2023

What Do You Call This Race?

Holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. Philippians 2:16

Bible Reading: Hebrew 12:1-3

I attended a program that lasted few days. It was so short that we finished a program worth three months in six days. It was a one-time experience and participants exerted all the energy, zeal, and sacrifice needed within those days. The race was simply a sprint.

However, the Christian race is a marathon; continuous, and it never ends until Jesus Christ Second Coming or until we take our last breath. Unlike my fast-tracked program where I rushed and finished everything in few days, the Christian race needs continuous zeal, and perseverance. It is neither a life lived on the Sabbath day alone, nor is it a life that is for few days. Rather, it is a life of continuous fellowship and relationship with God. Like every other race, it is timed, there is a crown to be won, there’s a mark set before us and there are clouds of witnesses surrounding us. While you cannot determine when it will end, you can determine how you run the race by following the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here’s the question today: how are you running the Christian race set before you?

Self-Reflection: Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. (I Corinthians 9:24)

Action Point: Evaluate your Christian life today.

Daily Confession: Lord help me that I may run this race according to Your blueprint.

Intercessory prayer: Pray for strength to fight a good fight of faith for Christians across the world.

Hymn: Christian, walk carefully, danger is near;

On in thy journey with trembling and fear.

Snares from without and temptations within,

Seek to entice thee once more into sin.