This
week I stand at a crossroad. A road between who I am now and who I was before.
I am changed. I have been renewed. I am alive. I have a purpose.
This
new road has changed my life.
So,
what do you do at a crossroad in your life?
Run?
Stand
still?
Look
both ways?
The
answer is RUN. Not in the way that most of you may think. You run down the path
less traveled. The path carved out for you. You RUN. You run towards the
ultimate goal.
1Co 9:24 “Don’t
you realize that everyone who runs in a race runs to win, but only one runner
gets the prize? Run like them, so that you can win.”
How
do you run when the old you seems so close and so easy?
Heb 12:1 Since
we are surrounded by so many examples of faith, we must get rid of everything
that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that
lies ahead of us and never give up.
There are going to be things that look ‘greener
on the other side’. God has called us to plant seeds, it may take a while for
those seeds to grow and HE may ask you to move on while your ground is still
just dirt. Don’t give up. Keep moving.
It is easier said than done, I know.
I am at this crossroad. How do I fit back
into my life in Cedar Rapids?
We were given an image at the beginning of
the year of a person wearing a coat that was too big for them. We swam in it.
That was me at the beginning of the race. Now it is the end of the race and it
is tight and confining. I am ready for the next size up; I am ready for the
next step in my life.
I know I am not going to fit in the same way
I did before. I know that things are going to be different. I know that I have
a bigger purpose.
How do I fit now? I don’t know. All I know is
that I have to keep looking ahead. Not
look back at the person I was before.
I don’t want to be that person.
I want to outgrow many more coats. This year
was just one of many I have coming to me.
Although I know what I want and need, I still
stand at the crossroad.
So, I stand here asking for your prayers, and
your encouragement along this journey. I can’t do this on my own.
Please run with me now. Don’t let me just
stand there.
