Don’t give up. There’s a reward at the finish line!

There is a big difference between a sprint and a marathon. In a sprint, speed makes the difference, but in a marathon, endurance and consistency is the key! In Psalms 37: 37, 38, David wrote this powerful truth: “Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity]; There is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants]. As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed; The future of the wicked will be cut off.” He said to watch those who are blameless and walk in integrity. They are the ones who will have a good future and bless their descendants. Walking in integrity (choosing to live a life that is pleasing to God) is a marathon. You can’t live in integrity one week and another like the devil. That’s not integrity. That’s self- deception. When a person walks in integrity, they walk in peace because they know that their life is pleasing to God. If anyone blames them of something evil, it won’t stick because it’s a lie. People of integrity walk with their heads high because their conscience is clean. They will go through the fire and not get burned. They will go through the flood and not drown, for God is with them. At the end of their lives, they will enter the Presence of God peacefully because like Paul,  they know they walked with God in their lifetime and they accomplished God’s will. They also know that their descendants will be blessed. Sprinters can run fast but they don’t get very far. The marathoner is not in a rush to get anywhere, but he/she is consistent and not distracted by by day to day crises. They stay in their race until they reach the finished line. They say like Paul: ^“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing” (2 Timothy 4: 7,8).

Psalms 37: 37, 38 “Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity]; There is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants]. As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed; The future of the wicked will be cut off”