Do not let good things get in front of God

I have recently been training for a marathon to help raise support and awareness for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A marathon is a total of 26.2 miles, so you can image I have been doing a lot of training and exercising. I have lost a lot of weight and I am able to jog further than I have ever been able to. I have personal benefited a lot from all of the training.

However, God recently reminded me of what He says in I Timothy 4:8;

"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."

There is nothing wrong with training for a marathon or raising support and awareness for a good cause. However, one should not lose sight of focusing first and foremost on God and His glory. Good things can distract us from the main thing. One must first seek a growing relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ.

I am still planning on running the marathon, but it is not the main thing in my life. My relationship with my Heavenly Father is.

In Christ,

Pastor Greg Wilkerson