Life is not meant to be a treadmill. Life is meant to be a marathon race, with a finish line and a reward in the end. And that 'reward' is heaven. What the devil wants us to do is to work as hard as we can, achieve as much as we can, for our own selfish motives and worldly ambitions. "Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world." 1 John 3: 15-16. It may seem at first that our worldly desires are getting us somewhere, but at the end of it, we realize that we are stuck with the world.
A treadmill is secure in the sense that you will not encounter the other risk factors of outdoor jogging or a marathon such as the possibility of rain, bumps on the road, and generally being exposed publicly. But in this sense of security, we will not experience the essence of God's mission for our lives.
So go out there, explore life, take risks for our Lord! Put your life in His hands. Faith after all is risking for the Lord. We walk by faith and not by sight (2 Colossians 5:7). But faith is the kind of risk that is sure of the reward of heaven. The rewards of the world is nothing compared with the rewards of heaven. Let us therefore not waste our time in indulging in worldly pursuits, but focus on doing things that help us in our pursuit of heaven. Let us get off from the treadmill that the world offers and embrace the exciting race that the Lord invites us to run.
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