Emily and I are reading through the bible in a year with our church. So after the keynote speaker last night when I returned to my room, I read the chapters for our reading yesterday.
That reading (1 Corinthians 9) included this:
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
After reading this I had to ask myself have I connected my head to my heart. Am I running to win the perishable wreath or the imperishable wreath? This is the question I am pondering in both head and heart today. I guess this question sets me up for how to accomplish this task practically. If anyone has any good suggestions I would ask them to post a reply.
Grace and peace,
Wylie
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