READ:
GENESIS 16:1-16
Today, I
want us to consider a very weighty subject. It is not everyone who wishes to
overcome that actually does. It is not all those who start a journey that
finish it. There are various examples in the Bible to support this fact. When
Gideon was preparing to go to war, some 32,000 wanted to follow him. God saw
that they were too many to fight the war, for them not to think that the battle
was won by their strength. God told Gideon to tell those who were afraid to
step side. Twenty-two thousand of them left. God still saw that they were too
many and pruned them down again. At the end of the screening only 300 men were
actually used by God. God separates only few people for His use. The Bible
tells us something in 1 Corinthians 9:24”Do you not know that those who run in a race
all run, but one receives the prize? Run n such a way that you may obtain it. ” Not all that start a race finish it. Some
fall by wayside. Something would make some be unable to proceed any further.
Not all who finish the race get the prizes.”The race is not to the swift, nor
the battle to the strong.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11) Why is this so? It is
the fastest runner who is supposed to breast the tape first. However, the
fastest runner can fall by the wayside. The fastest runner can fall due to
distraction on the way. Satan uses a lot of ways to distract people. We can
briefly examine one of such ways. Satan uses the husband or wife. Let us check the story of Abraham
in Genesis 16. God had promised Abraham a son. This promise was made when
Abraham was about 75 years old. At this time he had no children.
MEMORIZE:
1 CORINTHIANS 9:24 - Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but
one receives the prize? Run n such a way that you may obtain it.
