Constant Reminders

As I sit here, (breathing very hard by the way) I watch as my sister executes an excruciating stair climb exercise. As I started volleyball practice for my USAV team this week I have begun my own at home conditioning training. As I ran my stairs my sister decided she was going to try doing it too. It is NOT easy folks, the longer you climb up and down the heavier you legs seem to get. That didn't stop Megan. She started up the stairs giving it all her energy, all her focus, and all her determination. As I watched it reminded me of how we should be doing this everyday. Not running up and down stairs, but giving all our energy, focus, and determination into having a life-changing relationship with Christ.
We usually don't give God all the attention He deserves from us. I fall short in that area quite often myself. That's definitely something I need to work at in 2008. I think sometimes we only half-heartedly seek a relationship with Christ. We decide we will work harder at it tomorrow. Oh, our personal God time can wait another day or two. I'm too hungry to wait and say a prayer or I'm too tired to say a prayer before I go to sleep. TODAY IS THE DAY! Don't wait until tomorrow. What if it doesn't come? What are you going to tell God? I'm sorry God, but those extra minutes of sleep were more important to me than spending time with You. That sports practice, or that shopping spree was just higher on my priority list. I don't think that's going to fly with God. He expects our best and that's the least that we can give Him. He gave His only to Son to die for US. We had a great debt in sin and God paid it in full.
As my sister completed her last climb up the stairs she shouted, "Victory is mine!" With Christ we can have a victory too. A victory so great its incomprehensible. When we finish our race we'll be able to stand at the finish line and shout, "Victory is ours!"