Our Race

Verse of the Day:

Hebrews 12:1

¹ …let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.   

One of my best friends is currently in the process of training for a marathon.   Some days she is running as many as 19 miles!  To me, that’s pure craziness, but whatever. Ha.  Anyway, when you say you’re going to run a marathon that is a pretty big commitment.  You have to spend many, many hours running.  You have to make sure you’re providing your body with the nutrition it needs.  You have to get enough sleep.  You have to buy quality running shoes.  All in all, you have a to make a lot of sacrifices in order to ensure that you’re going to do well when it comes to race time.

In this verse living a Christian life is compared to running a race.  If you were running a marathon things that would ‘hinder’ or ‘entangle’ you would probably be things like not eating or sleeping well before the race or not training as much as you should have.  In our lives, gossiping, lying, or cheating may be things that easily trap us and cause us to struggle in our race.  We need to ‘train’ our hearts to be stronger Christians.  The only way to win this race is to focus on the goal, put in our very best effort, and stay committed to the task at hand.  The coolest thing about our race is that everyone has the chance to win!  If you keep your focus on Jesus and you stay committed to the race, there is no possible way to lose.

"Let us now get out of the grandstand; let us get down on the racecourse of life, and let us do whatever God has called us to do wherever He has called us to live and move and have our being. Let us run the Christian race, and let us move out for God."  - J. Vernon McGee

The Simple Truth: To win the race of life you need to ‘train’ well and keep your eyes focused on the most amazing prize we could ever receive (eternal life).

Pray:

Lord, thank You for always being by my side in this race called life.  Help me to run away from the things in my life that get in the way of me constantly praising You.  Keep my eyes focused on the finish line.  Amen.

Peace, love & prayers-

K

Happy weekend! J