by Walter A. Henrichsen
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Printed in 1975, Walter is alive =P and served as regional and worldwide director of the Navigators for a while. You can purchase the booklet here: https://www.navpress.com/product/9781600064036/Many-Aspire-Few-Attain-Walter-A-Henrichsen
His little booklet serves as a short reflection on how one can run the good race of God instead of just sitting on the shelf. We can all easily do that, even as Christians, hence the title. Walter gives ample reason as to why we should keep running the race, and how to do so continually. Many can start the race well, but can we keep up till the end to do a good finish?
So why the race? We fight a spiritual warfare. We are either in it or on the sidelines. If we dun fight we just wait for the enemy to overwhelm us. Satan's forces are ever working, just as God is ever working. If you have a calling to witness, or to serve others, or to give, how do you stick to it? The booklet offers 14 points to keep yourself fit for the spiritual warfare. I mention some thru my QT posts... but the main takeaway is to always turn to the Bible and keep to its laws. One major point besides having a heart for God, trusting him and hating sin, is to hunger for the Word.
1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation. The Word itself is living and active, more powerful than any book on earth. Its truths are real and impactful. Newborn babies definitely have to get milk to sustain life. But as adults now, do we still have to take tt milk anymore? Well of course! My leader asked that qns and my immediate childish answer was tt adults need the milk too, 'cos if they didn't have it, they would get osteoporosis. Oh well... The main answer would be the word "Like", which is to imitate newborn babies. Not only to go back to the Word, but to the gospel. Claire said despite her work, she comes back to campus to witness about the gospel 'cos she needed to hear it, not so much for the person she shared it to. The gospel, tho basic and well-worn on our ears, is the source of our encouragement to labour on earth.
Anyway, the Bible itself contains troves of hidden treasure; one can never really unlock all the secrets to it unless one has the cheat code from God. It is good to read the Bible once thru every year, 'cos at different phases of your life, different parts of the Bible can speak to different things: as a student, I would try to see how I could learn to work well with classmates; as an officer worker, I can see things as needing order and patience with difficult people; as a mother, I can see things like doing chores and serving the family a godly work; as a wife... and so on.
FYI: a boy started reading the Bible at 16 and by 20, he read the Bible as many times as he was years old. He continued till 50. A power to be reckoned with.
