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Finish line ought to be the focal point

Finish line ought to be the focal point The analogy of evaluating “athletic completion” to “Christian living” is a theme frequently repeated in scripture. Summary: Oftentimes, when we see the street ahead getting rough, we favor to provide up and quit. God in no way promised us a road of roses, but he did promise us a way to victory. When we are advised that we should finish the race, we get excited and push harder. However, when the avenue gets rough, we lose encouragement. We see the potholes and the winding avenue and favor to give up. I can relate. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 shouts it plain and clear. When we come to the know-how of God, we are right now put into a race. At first, the race appears easy. Things are going great. Everything is going splendidly for us. Then, tragedy strikes. The street gets bumpy and we lose some faith. We think God has abandoned us and we slip returned a little. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 says this: "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but o...

The Pathway to Moksha मॊक्ष-द्वार

MOKSH DWAR मॊक्ष-द्वार  The five Pandava brothers had just finished the Holy Mahabharat war. They had even completed the sacrifice that pertains to victorious kings,symbolizing the glory of the kings that of the rising sun. Now all that was left to be done was to attain the ultimate bliss before completing their earthly pilgrimage, and in pursuance of that goal of attaining true salvation, they arrived at the pilgrim centre of Haridawar.  In order to attain Moksha (salvation) at any cost, and thus satisfy the one and only deepest longing of the human soul they came to the banks of the great ganga and there washed themselves in the holy bath ritually at Har Ki paudi of Brahma Kund, and then proceeded to climb the glorious valleys of Himalayan mountains to achieve the fulfilment and satiate their quest for salvation.  Whether the ritual bathing at Brahma Kund in the Ganga waters, had brought them on to the purest ad the Holy path of attaining moksha (salvation), remained...