What does really matter in life? Would the finish lines make you happy? Are you sprinting through life? Or are you happy that you can run at all?

Never enough time to realize how favored we are. Never enough gratitude to be satisfied. Where is the finish line? When am I done chasing after things? Is gratitude a decision or a feeling? 

I have asked myself these questions over and over these last few weeks and worked quite hard to find my answers to them – but actually it is real simple.

People chase after (their understanding of) love, success, dreams, position, titles, people or even after God. Most of us are burned-out, always stressed, exhausted or depressed.

Now first let me start by saying that there is no need to chase after God, He is there – omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient.

The Bible teaches us that He is there before you, that He knows everything and that before you have even formed your thoughts He already has created the solution or answer to it. He is all-power, as a matter of fact, He is the creator of power. Hence, He has the power and knowledge to provide His children with all that they need to make it through this race or so called “life”.

I think that there is no win in this life, there is no trophies or gold medal here on earth because Jesus has already won the victory, He already won it all and has provided us with all that we need.

We can only lose the win if becoming dead to the Holy Spirit or ignorant of God. Sometimes it actually might feel like you have lost if you do it for the chase only. But if you do it for the love you can not lose because it was love that gave us meaning.

It was the love of Christ!

Gods word tells us:

⁷ So go ahead, eat, drink, and be merry, for it makes no difference to God! ⁸ Wear fine clothes—with a dash of cologne! ⁹ Live happily with the woman you love through the fleeting days of life, for the wife God gives you is your best reward down here for all your earthly toil. ¹⁰ Whatever you do, do well, for in death, where you are going, there is no working or planning, or knowing, or understanding.

¹¹ Again I looked throughout the earth and saw that the swiftest person does not always win the race, nor the strongest man the battle, and that wise men are often poor, and skillful men are not necessarily famous; but it is all by chance, by happening to be at the right place at the right time.(Ecclesiastes 9, TLB)

This to me means that what really matters on earth is to praise and obey God and to thank him for his GRACE, enjoy every day with my spouse and family knowing that it is well and to raise my child after Gods own heart hoping that this new generation will make this world a better place.

The true finish line however, is going home – to be joyfully united with Abba, my Daddy, and walk on streets of gold.

So, enjoy the race homie  V

 

by Romina

inspired by LeCrae