Winning the Race

  

 Have you ever watched a baby who is just learning to walk? They stumble and they fall.  I remember when my oldest first started to walk we had moved to a new apartment and it has enamel floors. It was not as soft as the old apartment because there were no carpets. She would sit on the floor and not budge. She was clumsy and unstable and it hurt when she fell. If we stood with her and helped her she had enough faith in us that she would try. Step by step she learned to take bigger steps. Now she is running the race. This is a lot like our daily walk with Christ. Sometimes we stumble, sometimes we fall. When we first start to walk we seem to fall all the time. Sometimes we are fearful because we know that if we fall it will hurt. We need to lean on our father to help us walk. He is there to guide us and to pick us up when needed. He brushes us off and stands us on our feet again. A lot like a parent when their child falls.

Psalms 37:24 says though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

    Little by little we learn to walk on our own with God by our side. Eventually as we read his word, and start to take the steps that we need to take to grow. We get better at it. Sometimes things are put in our way along the road. And sometimes we still fall. Once again God is there to brush us off. Many times along the way we are full of regret and we are hard on ourselves. We may become discouraged. God is there with his gentle hand to guide us and to help us along the way. He is never harsh he is never condemning. He is our father and he wants us to walk with him daily so we can win the race.