Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“DON’T RUN LIKE A CHICKEN WITH IT’S HEAD CUT OFF”

When an Olympic runner races, he knows exactly what he’s running for and where he’s running. He doesn’t veer off into the crowd to check on people, he doesn’t go sightseeing, and he certainly doesn’t turn around and run backward! That runner knows the point of the race is the finish line. But far too many of us are running the Christian race aimlessly, like a chicken with its head cut off. We come to church and forget why. We pray over food and forget who we’re talking to.

We’ve lost the significance of the finish line, and when that happens, everything else leading up to it seems insignificant. Paul says, “I’m not running aimlessly; I’m not fighting as someone fighting the air itself!” That’s like a boxer who spends his whole career shadow boxing and never steps into a real match. How ridiculous is that? Friend, we are in a real fight, and we need to know who the enemy is! It’s not the person you’re arguing with; it’s not the circumstances you’re blaming. The Bible tells us that our enemy is the devil, a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). Our wrestling match is not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12).

Stop fighting the wrong fights! Stop punching the air! The battle is waged in the spiritual realm, and we need to fight wickedness and Hell with everything in our being. We need to know where we’re going, why we’re running, and who is waiting for us at that finish line. When you know the Prize is Christ Himself and the crown is incorruptible, you’ll stop getting distracted by the temporary stuff on the sidelines.

Ephesians 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”