I'm not sure if you know this but throughout the bible, life is compared to a race quite often. What started as a simple name for my blog because I enjoyed running turned into something much deeper the more I researched. As I have pointed out in my previous post, my personal favorite verse pertaining to this subject is Hebrews 12:1-2.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2
Let me explain. Life is not a race in that we are trying to breeze through it as fast as we can without looking back to reach the final destination.
Life is a race in that there is a beginning and an end and human beings are constantly racing to God.
Every high you have, every low you have, and every prayer you make is all part of the race of faith.
Guess what the reward is? Spending eternity with our Father in Heaven. There is no greater prize.
I'm not going to say that I have run the race my best at every point in my life. In fact, I've been hindered many times but, luckily, I have a loving Father who is there to point me in the right path (something I can't say about actual cross country races).
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified." 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Some more great verses to read about "the race"!
2 Timothy 2:5
2 Timothy 4:7
Philippipians 3:12-14
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