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Day 4 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Could Paul just have gotten up one day and become an Apostle; with no discipleship or mentoring or focusing on Christ? Could a person who wants to be a runner just decide to enter the Olympics without ever running before? Have you ever seen a world-class sports competitor, or a concert musician just wake up one day and perform without any prior practice or learning? Well, most anyone can enter a race, play ball or pick up a violin. They may know the rudimentary aspects of it, but can they play with passion and with any degree of expertise? Obviously, the answer is, no. It is the same with our faith. We have it when we receive Christ; we have His Word and countless resources, helps, and experienced people who have gone before us. We will instantly know a lot, but we are limited in what we really can do, and our full capacity and capability are lurking beneath, waiting on us to learn and exercise our faith so we can be built up. Knowing our Lord and His precepts is also a process that we do not attain overnight. Just like learning or studying any subject, it takes time. If you try getting a good grade in class without studying the subject, without attending class, without taking notes, without doing your homework, and/or without reading the textbook, how well will you do in that class? What if you do some of the requirements, say you attend the class but do not take no notes nor read the textbook; how well will you do? Even if you are very smart? Let's say you do everything well; attend all the classes, take careful notes, do your homework, but never bother opening the textbook; how well will you do then? This is how most Christians live their Christian walk. Either they ignore all the "work," do just a couple of things, or maybe do it all, but never read the Bible, how good will they be as a disciple? Are you a disciple? Are you growing to be more like Jesus? Are those around you becoming more like Jesus as a result of your Christian discipline? #247daily
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