Our House: A 5-Day Prayer for the Local ChurchSample

Purposefully Running

This world begs us to take what it has to offer. Advertisements entice us to place our identity in how we look, the Internet leads us to late-night emptiness, and popular culture tells us that the more we have, the more we will enjoy life. Interestingly, the more we gain in these areas, the more broken relationships, shattered self-worth, and identity crises we seem to have.

There is a way out; you can’t run from something without running toward something else. Jesus doesn’t want our “put-together” mask; He wants to meet us as we are—He wants the real us. If we turn from the world, fleeing the passions that only rob us of true life, we’ll come face-to-face with a Savior who loves us regardless of our past. You have been given the choice: What are you going to run toward? Will you run toward Jesus?

Prayer
Father, give me the strength to turn away from my desires and run toward Jesus, in whom righteousness, faith, love, and peace are found.