Day 12 - God keeps Blessing

Well, this has been another good day. Sunny, high in the mid 80's (it is 66 degrees in my basement). After going through a number of little towns, we ended the day about 6 miles onto Rte. 70 from where Rte. 70 and Rte. 77 meet. Again the ride went well, riding 42.5 miles in 2hours and 15 minutes averaging 18.8 mph again today. Just keep praying for my legs to remain strong. I finally got Phil. 2: 1-5 down. It seemed like it took me forever but I have it. I have a number of other portions of Scripture I hope to memorize while I am riding for another 2 months to get to the Atlantic shore line in Georgia. I also do a great deal of reading while I am pedaling along. One of my favorite devotional guides is the one put out by Dr. Charles Stanley and In Touch Ministries. The articles are just tremendous and I have been getting caught on several months worth of them, reading while I am going along. But again today, I gave a great deal of time thinking about Jesus giving Peter the opportunity to walk on water in Matthew 14. It is amazing how quickly we can one moment have one of those mountain top or walking on water type of experiences and then so quickly we can fall or begin to sink. Scripture makes it very clear what the problrm is. In Peter's case, he began to look at the waves and the wind to the point that he took his eyes off the Lord. The story makes it clear that we need to be very careful who and what we focus on in our lives as Christians. What does Hebrews 12:2 say, "Looking to Jesus" or "Fixing our eyes on Jesus." But what did the author of Hebrews just say in 12:1, "Let us run the race with endurance the race set before us." What is neat about that, is that it does not matter whether I am riding my bike along a bike lonely bike trail, or along the side of a busy road or in my basement riding hooked up to a trainer; I can always ride or run the race focused on the Lord. No matter what is going on in my life, I can always focus on the Lord. No matter what I might be facing, I can always focus on the One who is in control, knows exactly what is going on and already has His plan all set. How well we do that will dictate whether we have "walk on water" experiences or we begin to sink. Talk to you tomorrow.