More Wisdom from I Corinthians

Here are two passages that can be very encouraging when you are feeling wearied by life.

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever" (I Corinthians 9:24-25).

As the saying goes, "No pain, no gain." No one ever said following Christ's example was easy. Jesus Himself said the very opposite. God wants your best. And He'll help you give it to Him. The following verse shows one way He does.

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it" (I Corinthians 10:13).

Sometimes it may not seem like it, but God is always with us, cheering us on and (remember the "Footprints" poem?), in our worst times, even carrying us.