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Just Keep Doing Right
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;”
Colossians 1:21–23
When Stefaan Engels was a boy, he was diagnosed with asthma, and cautioned to avoid physical activity. Engels grew up to become one of the most noted extreme marathoners in history. Not content with running marathons occasionally, he established a new record by running a marathon every single day for 365 straight days! Engels told an interviewer, “I don’t always feel like running. I am running just as Joe Average goes to work on Monday morning, whether or not he feels like it.”
There is an amazing amount of good that can be accomplished for God by simply doing what is right over and over and over again. The temptation most of us face is to get bored and look for something new and exciting, but the reality of the Christian life is that it is by design repetitive. We are meant to continue to do right day after day. And if we do, if we are faithful to continue on the right path, we can go much further than anyone might have expected.
Over the course of his marathon year, Engels covered roughly 9,500 miles. He didn’t run at a blazing speed, but because he kept running day after day, he accomplished a feat no one had ever done before. Like the Children of Israel marching around the walls of Jericho day after day, we need to remain faithful and trust that God will provide the harvest in due time.
Colossians 1:21–23
When Stefaan Engels was a boy, he was diagnosed with asthma, and cautioned to avoid physical activity. Engels grew up to become one of the most noted extreme marathoners in history. Not content with running marathons occasionally, he established a new record by running a marathon every single day for 365 straight days! Engels told an interviewer, “I don’t always feel like running. I am running just as Joe Average goes to work on Monday morning, whether or not he feels like it.”
There is an amazing amount of good that can be accomplished for God by simply doing what is right over and over and over again. The temptation most of us face is to get bored and look for something new and exciting, but the reality of the Christian life is that it is by design repetitive. We are meant to continue to do right day after day. And if we do, if we are faithful to continue on the right path, we can go much further than anyone might have expected.
Over the course of his marathon year, Engels covered roughly 9,500 miles. He didn’t run at a blazing speed, but because he kept running day after day, he accomplished a feat no one had ever done before. Like the Children of Israel marching around the walls of Jericho day after day, we need to remain faithful and trust that God will provide the harvest in due time.
Today’s Growth Principle:
Consistent, repeated, and habitual doing right—even in small things—eventually produces large results.
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