"You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?"
Galatians 5:7 (NKJV)
Getting a good start to your day, a trip, or a project is wonderful. But getting a good start is only the beginning, because to be successful we have to continue and finish the day, trip, or project the right way. We may have good plans for our day, a trip, or some project that we need to do, but if we do not follow through with our plans and we somehow get off track, the day, trip, and project may not actually go the way that it should. Starting and finishing are both important parts of being successful.
Paul wrote to the churches in the region of Galatia about our position in Christ coming through faith, and we are not a part of God's family because of our good works. But there was a problem with the Christians in Galatia, because although they started off fine in their relationship with God, somehow along the way they were getting off course. Although those Christians had done well to receive the Gospel message by faith, they later seemed to go back to try and follow the Law. They started well but had gotten off course.
Being born again and becoming a new creation in Christ is the best thing anyone can do, but that is just the start. We need to stay on course, not allowing anything to get us away from the truth of God's Word. As Paul said to the Galatians, "You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?", we too need to be careful that in our relationship with God we do not get off course with the cares of life, wrong teaching, or challenges that we face becoming a distraction to us. We should not let anything hinder us from fully following God and the plan He has for our life.
Galatians 5:7 (NKJV)
Getting a good start to your day, a trip, or a project is wonderful. But getting a good start is only the beginning, because to be successful we have to continue and finish the day, trip, or project the right way. We may have good plans for our day, a trip, or some project that we need to do, but if we do not follow through with our plans and we somehow get off track, the day, trip, and project may not actually go the way that it should. Starting and finishing are both important parts of being successful.
Paul wrote to the churches in the region of Galatia about our position in Christ coming through faith, and we are not a part of God's family because of our good works. But there was a problem with the Christians in Galatia, because although they started off fine in their relationship with God, somehow along the way they were getting off course. Although those Christians had done well to receive the Gospel message by faith, they later seemed to go back to try and follow the Law. They started well but had gotten off course.
Being born again and becoming a new creation in Christ is the best thing anyone can do, but that is just the start. We need to stay on course, not allowing anything to get us away from the truth of God's Word. As Paul said to the Galatians, "You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?", we too need to be careful that in our relationship with God we do not get off course with the cares of life, wrong teaching, or challenges that we face becoming a distraction to us. We should not let anything hinder us from fully following God and the plan He has for our life.
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