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Running Isn’t the End—It’s the Invitation - A Devotional Journal

📖 When Runners Are Called

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🌅 Day 1: The Flight of Moses
Scripture: Acts 7:29; Exodus 2:15–3:12  
Reflection: Moses fled in fear and rejection, yet Midian became the place of encounter. God didn’t call him in Pharaoh’s palace—but in the wilderness.  
Prompt: Where have you felt rejected or misunderstood? Could that place be your Midian—your preparation ground?  
Prayer: Lord, meet me in my wilderness. Let rejection become redirection.

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🔥 Day 2: Elijah’s Cave
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1–18  
Reflection: After a mountaintop victory, Elijah ran from Jezebel’s threat. In the cave, God whispered—not shouted.  
Prompt: What noise are you escaping? What silence might God be inviting you into?  
Prayer: God, speak in the stillness. Let me hear Your whisper above my fear.

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👁️ Day 3: Hagar’s Wilderness
Scripture: Genesis 16:1–13  
Reflection: Hagar ran from abuse, but found the God who sees. Her pain was not invisible.  
Prompt: What part of your story feels unseen? How might God be naming you in it?  
Prayer: El Roi, the God who sees—thank You for finding me when I felt forgotten.

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🪜 Day 4: Jacob’s Escape
Scripture: Genesis 28:10–22  
Reflection: Jacob fled from guilt and deception, yet God gave him a vision of heaven touching earth.  
Prompt: What guilt are you running from? What grace might be chasing you?  
Prayer: Lord, let Your ladder of mercy reach my lowest place.

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🐋 Day 5: Jonah’s Detour
Scripture: Jonah 1–4  
Reflection: Jonah ran from calling, but God rerouted him through storm and fish.  
Prompt: What mission have you avoided? What second chance is God offering?  
Prayer: God of reroutes, thank You for not giving up on me.

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🧱 Day 6: David’s Fugitive Years
Scripture: 1 Samuel 19–27  
Reflection: David ran from Saul, but the caves became his classroom.  
Prompt: What hardship is shaping your leadership?  
Prayer: Lord, build my heart in hidden places. Let the cave prepare me for the crown.

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🕊️ Day 7: The Disciples’ Locked Room
Scripture: John 20:19–23  
Reflection: Fear locked the disciples in, but Jesus walked through the walls.  
Prompt: What fear has locked you in? What peace is Jesus breathing into your space?  
Prayer: Prince of Peace, enter my locked places. Breathe courage into my calling.

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✍️ Final Reflection

Thought: Every runner in Scripture was met by God—not with punishment, but with purpose.  

Challenge: Write your own “running story.” Where did you flee, and how did God find you?


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