This book was the first book that I have read by Kenneth Hagin. Based on how much knowledge he has, I knew that his books would have a lot of wisdom as well. It’s always refreshing to refill your mind with biblical thoughts and ideas. But just reading books that are filled with God’s Word, isn’t enough. Application is what really matters when it comes to becoming more like Christ through what you’ve read. This book was a run through of how God can and will lead us. The book was divided up into 7 parts with various topics such as running our race, obeying God, and being examples to others through Love. Here are a few of my highlights from the book:
- Running Our Christian Race – Hebrews talks about running the race that is set before us, and throwing off anything that easily entangles us. I have heard this before, but what stuck out the most is where it talks about the “great cloud of witnesses”. I always have thought of this as how Christians should be examples of God to others so we must live our lives according to Christ since others are always watching our actions. Although this is definitely a good way to view this, Kenneth Hagin puts it another way. He says that the witnesses mentioned are actually a “grandstand of people” including Bible heroes, cheering us along as we run our race. This really excited me to think about how Abraham, Paul, and Moses are cheering us on from above while we live our lives for Christ. I had never thought about it that way before, and I thought that was awesome!
- Find your own personal race – God has a specific plan and purpose for our lives and we should run the track that God has placed us on. Don’t compare your race to someone else’s and try to copy how they are living their lives. God had a uniquely-made race that fits you perfectly and it’s our job to do our best and follow his special plan for us.
- Be Willing – God has so much potential for us, and for us to limit God and not be willing to do the task he’s placed before use, we are disobeying God. In order for God to develop us, we must be willing to do anything for God and not ignore what he has asked us to do.
- Being Recognized By Our Glow – Because we are Christians, we are being recognized whether we want to be or not. If we are living a true Christian life devoted to God, His light will shine through us onto others. But if we act differently around different groups of people, His light in us will diminish because we are ashamed of being an example. This glow in us is recognizable and it is important for us to maintain the glow by reading God’s Word and spending time with God everyday. This way that light won’t burn out but stay lit because we are doing our part. Let God do the rest, and make sure you don’t limit His light from coming out of you.
Those were just a few things that I thought were great take-aways from this book. If you would like a refresher on how God leads and directs us, than this is awesome book. Make sure that you don’t read a too much at once because there is a lot of information to soak in. This was an overall good book and I would rate it an 8 out of 10.
