Running With Horses

A WALK with God isn't a stroll in the park or a walk on the field. At times, it's as challenging as life itself.

However, our consolation is that we serve an ever-present God who is all-seeing and all-knowing.

So, when we walk into turbulence, we run to Him. When no one is listening, we cry out to him.

JEREMIAH cried out to Him when nothing made sense and wept over Israel when no one listened. (Jeremiah 8:18)

Their attitude greatly saddened him.

ONE DAY, God asked him: "If you have raced with men on foot, and they have tired you out, how can you compete with horses?"

If you fall in a land of peace [where you feel secure], then how will you do [among the lions] in the [flooded] thicket beside the Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:5)

Running with horses is living God’s best and not settling for less.

So, how do you run with horses?

YOU COMPETE with horses by doing the Will of God.

The Will of God starts with you having a relationship with Him.

Subsequently, you would pray that God will equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. (Hebrews 13 verses 20-21)

When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities — Dr. David Jeremiah.

YOU RUN with horses by waiting on the Lord.

Isaiah 40:31 says Those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] will gain new strength and renew their power.

They will lift their wings [and rise close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]. They will run and not become weary; they will walk and not grow tired.

WAITING on God and waiting for God would change you.

It changed David to the point where he longed for Him. (Psalm 42:1) That is where God wants you.

IF YOU ARE going to run with horses, you must hunger and thirst after righteousness.

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Your hunger after righteousness will give you the mind of Christ—and blessed are those who thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. (Matthew 5:6)

The desire to walk with God will make you live a holy life.

IF YOU ARE going to walk in the miraculous, you must know your God.

Daniel 11:32 says: With smooth words [of flattery and praise] he will turn to godlessness those who [are willing to] disregard the [Mosaic] covenant, but the people who [are spiritually mature and] know their God will display strength and take action [to resist].

When you know God, he becomes your big picture, and your stories find themselves in him.

TO RUN with horses, you need to pray.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. (James 5:17)

The secret is consistency. Sometimes, it isn't the length but the frequency.

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When you know God, he becomes your big picture, and your stories find themselves in him.

TO RUN with horses, you learn not to run your life.

You do not have all it takes to run it.

And as you submit to the Lordship of Christ, you will realize that you are no longer your own. You’ll stop to run your life and the lives of others.

TO COMPETE with horses, you need to know the heart of God.

When David reached the crossroads at Ziklag, he sought God's heart and was told to pursue, overtake, and recover everything. (1 Samuel 30:8)

God is the centre from which all lives develop. When we start from ourselves, we make a fundamental mistake that leads us away from Him.

TO COMPETE with horses, you need to know what to do.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. It is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do—Tony Evans.

David knew what to do when he stepped out to fight Goliath. Daniel and his friends knew what to do when they refused meat sacrificed to idols.

Knowing what to do is an offshoot of insight.

Bringing it Together

RUNNING with horses is living God's best and not settling for less. There's no time God's best is less than his promise.