Running

I am so so sorry that i didn't type any post for like a long time...
Guess i was just too lazy to come online..hahaha^^
Anws, i just came back from some CNY visitation from my judo coaches house! got alot of people there! and i was like super high and super loud!!

Anws, today, i would like to talk about running...
I have been putting the "i am running this race for God!" like on my nick in msn for quite sometime now...

For all those who know me, i am someone who really do not like exercising...
I will not exercise unless i am being forced to..
If you ask me to play sport games like badminton, floorball, handball, basketball..etc..i will still be willing to play..
But, one of the things that i dislike to do the most is running...
I just don't like running and i find running very pointless and not even fun at all! it is something real boring to me...
Running is also a sport that requires alot of mind power and stamina...which i, being a lazy person will not want to do...
Anws, my school had like mass PE for like more than a month and twice a week!!
I am then forced to run!

You know when i run right, i got to keep on telling myself..."Go nicole, run! you can do it! God will help you de!! God pls help me! This is for God! Don't give up! don't ever stop running! Breathe properly and slowly!Look at the scenery around...okok, don't rush...etc!!"
There are also voices telling me, "Ai ya...this is not even official, just stop la, it doesn't make a difference."
So it tires out my body, physically and mentally!
Because it is just mass PE and people can stop running because the timing is not recorded and stuff, some chose to walk...

I started to reflect upon this, and i realise that our walk with God is also like this...
The non-christians are ones that haven't started running,
The christians but backslided are those who give up while running halfway..
The christians are the ones that run all the way!!

It is not easy being a christian and following what God wants us to be, we may even come to the point whereby we dislike it and it is very tiring for us to continue this journey...
It is just like us having a choice as to whether we want to continue running, to give up halfway or to not even start running and give it a try...
It is like we know it is right for us to run. We know it is right for us to run all the way to the end because this is what is suppose to be done! But how many of us do the things the way that it is suppose to be done? How many of us choose the right way and make the right decision? But instead give up halfway or even to turn the other way, away from God?

God promised us the kingdom of heaven if we believe and confess to him...
God is our creator and it is only right for us to worship and obey him...
We focus alot on worldly and temporal stuff, stuff that we see now...
Alot of people do not even care about the future or anything got to do with the kingdom of heaven!
As for christians, if we focus not on God but on the situations that we face now or the weariness that we are feeling, we will soon loose the breathe and the mental power to continue this journey to the kingdom of God! Because every step that we take, brings us closer and closer to God and the kingdom of heaven!

The Holy Spirit is then like our mental power and fuel and drives us and help us to complete the journey..
The other voices that call us to give up and stop us from finishing the race is just like the the devil trying ways and tempations to stop us from reaching to the kingdom of heaven!
When we stop listening to the Holy Spirit and do what is right, we will give up and fall away, not completing the race..

It is impossible for anyone to reach the ending just like that without going through the process...
And, whatever problems, situations, persecutions..etc that we are facing, God is testing us and helping us to grow and be more deep rooted in him...to really force us to endure and persevere for him! So that when more obstacles come our way, we will be able to face them strongly!
Just like how we run and train to build up our bodies even though the process is terrible, the ending is sweet!

I think that if you are not facing any problems weariness or obstacles regarding christianity at any point in your life, but is like very comfortable in being a christian as you are in the world,amongst your non-christian friends, you should pray about it and ask God to help you grow more and more in him, rededicating your life to him once again!

Even though sometimes we may feel that it is impossible to reach the kingdom of heaven, it is impossible to complete the race, it is impossible for your body to take it...etc.
I just want to tell you that God is an awesome and real God that can make the impossible, Possible!

We can always look our for each other and provide support for each other as we grow more and more in christ!
Jia you!

God loves you!