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In life, we keep looking for finish lines, places where we can sit and rest. But the goal line keeps moving. In reality, life isn\u2019t a destination, it\u2019s a journey. Finish lines are really just mile markers along the pathway of life.<\/p>\n
Yet how many of us make this mistake with our Christian faith? We think that once we pray a prayer, walk an aisle, sign a card and vote \u2018yes\u2019 for Jesus, then we\u2019re good? We\u2019ve crossed the line, gotten our \u2018get out of hell free\u2019 card, secured our place in heaven, and now we can sit back and enjoy the good life, knowing we\u2019ve done all that God has wanted us to do?<\/p>\n
Our Christian faith isn\u2019t a single decision, it\u2019s a journey. Salvation isn\u2019t the end of your journey, it\u2019s the beginning. Now, we get this in other areas of life. We don\u2019t look at the wedding as the finish line for the marriage. It\u2019s the beginning. Birth doesn\u2019t mark the end of raising a child, but the beginning. In the same way, deciding to follow Jesus doesn\u2019t mark the end of your journey to God, but the beginning.<\/p>\n
If you think that all God really wants for you is to pray a prayer and then wait for heaven, you\u2019re mistaken. The Christian faith is a journey. I\u2019ll explain more Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 In life, we keep looking for finish lines, places where we can sit and rest. But the goal line keeps moving. In reality, life isn\u2019t a destination, it\u2019s a journey. Finish lines are really just mile markers along the pathway of life. Yet how many of us make this mistake with our Christian faith? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[516,529,574,779,1003,1255,1557],"class_list":["post-1435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-finish","tag-food-for-thought","tag-goal-line","tag-journey","tag-next-steps","tag-salvation","tag-what-im-teaching"],"yoast_head":"\n