The Apostle Paul is taking a personal inventory of his life. How would you describe your Christian life? Is it pleasing to the Lord? Is there something lacking? Is there sin or other things that need to be dealt with?
As born again children of God, we are partakers of a heavenly calling. We should be doing our best to live for the Lord and bring honor to his name. God wants us to grow in holiness until we resemble Him. We are in a race. Sometimes we are ahead and sometimes we’re behind. It often becomes a struggle to be holy.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us , and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
