Running for a Purpose
Then there is another class whose names are down, but they never started right. A
bad start is a sad thing. If in the ancient races of Greece or Rome a man who was
about to run for the race had loitered, or if he had started before the time, it would not
matter how fast he ran if he did not start in order. The flag must drop before the horse
starts; otherwise, even if it reach the winning post first, it shall have no :reward. There
is something to be noted, then, in the starting of the race. I have known men run the
race of religion with all their might, and yet they have lost it because they did not start
right. You say, "Well, how is that?" Why, there are some people who on a sudden
leap into religion. They get it quickly, and they keep it for a time, and at last they lose
it because they did not get their religion the right way. They have heard that before a
man can be saved, it is necessary that, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, he should
feel the weight of sin, that he should make a confession of it, that he should renounce
all hope in his own works, and should look to Jesus Christ alone. They look upon all
these things as unpleasant preliminaries, and therefore, before they have attended to
repentance, before the Holy Spirit has wrought a good work in them, before they
have been brought to give up everything and trust to Christ, they make a profession
of religion. This is just setting up in business without a stock in trade, and there must
be a failure. If a man has no capital to begin with, he may make a fine show for a little
time, but it shall be as the crackling of thorns under a pot, a great deal of noise and
much light for a little time, but it shall die out in darkness. How many there are who
never think it necessary that there should be heart work within!
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