A Christian's walk with Jesus through this life is compared to running a race - a test of endurance. There are so many similarities but we've first got to decide if we're even going to run the race. And if we decide yes, we have to be disciplined with our bodies. We have to SAY NO to being lazy and not running each day. We've got to eat the right foods and get enough sleep. We can't indulge ourselves and get fat or out of shape. We've got to hydrate ourselves along the way and wear the right clothes & shoes. We've got to manuever around the others in the race and not let them distract us or get us off course. We've got to have a plan on how we're going to do it. We've got to keep our eyes on the finish line, and winning the race.
And we have to ENDURE the pain for the final prize.
"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us" - Hebrews 12:1-3
"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win." - 1 Corinthians 9:23-25
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