An Understanding Heart

MARCH 25TH, 2022 | TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL: CONFIDENCE THROUGH THE STORM (1 KINGS 3:9)
Just as a great amount of training is needed for athletic activities, so we must train diligently for the Christian life. Such training takes time, dedication, energy, continued practice, and vision. We must all commit ourselves to the Christian life, but we must first know the rules as prescribed in the Word of God. You need an understanding heart to fulfill your life’s assignment.

Focus all your energies toward winning the race, and that requires an understanding heart. Living the Christian life demands all of our energy. We can forget the past and strain for the goal because we know that Christ promises eternity with Him at the end. As we must repeat exercises to tone our bodies, so must we, steadily, repeat spiritual exercises—like Bible study, self-discipline, and Christian service, to be spiritually fit.

When we do this, we will be better Christians, living in accordance with God ‘s will. Such a life will attract others to Christ and pay dividends in this present life and the next.