Friday... So, what is it all about?

Good question, so what is all this that we are going through all about?

Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians in chapter 9, verses 24-25 (MSG) says, "You've all been to the stadium and seen the athletes train hard. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold metal that tarnishes and fades. You're after one that's gold eternally."

And he goes on in verse 26, "I don't know about you, but I'm running hard for the finish line. I'm giving everything I've got."

Back in Psalm 49 in verses 16-19, the writer writes, "So don't be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune. They can't take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind. Just when they think they have arrived and folks praise them because they've made good, they enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again."

So, what is it all about?

Verse 21 in Proverbs 19 says, "We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God's purpose prevails." The Amplified Bible says, "Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand (be carried out)."

And then Paul writes in 2 Timothy 4:7-8 (AMP), "I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding against error]. In the future there is reserved for me the [victor's] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day - and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed for and welcomed His appearing."

And that is what it is all about! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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