Play Like You Practice

<sup>A typical "good" Christian looks like someone who makes the right decisions. Someone who studies the Bible, prays and listens, and shares God with others. This is all correct and I too believed this was the right path until lately; this passage called me out.

"24</sup>Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

²⁵Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. ²⁶Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. ²⁷No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize."

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

More important than doing all the "good" Christian things, is doing them with intent. With the purpose of winning. Look at life like a game. Christians are in a fight with Satan. Train like everything is on the line because it is. When Satan loses it should not be a surprise; it should be expected. It should be the reward of living with intent because of all the practice and preparation that went into our lives. When we play like we practice, and have the attitude of winning instead of coming in already defeated, then God's word is being carried out.