When I was young, I ran track. I wasn’t much for the field part of it. I couldn’t throw the javelin or shot put. I didn’t have all that great of upper body strength. But I could run like the wind. I was faster than any kid in school. I ran track in high school. My best time in any sprint was done in a practice run. I ran a 10 second 100 yard dash. I loved to run. It gave me a feeling of exuberance that nothing else could. I was a sprinter not long distance. In the military, you have to run a mile under 8 minutes. I jogged the whole way and came in a 71/2 minutes. There is just something about running that is precious to me.
Hebrews 12:1 “and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”
Galatians 5:7 “Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”
Habakkuk 2:2 “And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
From the scriptures, we can see that life is running a race. It is all about winning the race. People will do just about anything to win. But God expects us to run this race according to the rules. And what rules are those? They are God’s rules. We can’t expect to win any other way. If we lie, cheat or steal from ourselves or others, we lose the race. And the loss is greater than winning it. People don’t quite understand the cost of losing the race. It is unbearable knowing that we chose to lose.
God made the rules of the race knowing who man is. It is not always easy, but it is simple. God said that He would go before and make the way for us. So, we could run the race almost effortlessly. We are to read the word of God, fight the fight, run the race, obey the truth and finish our course. Then we will win for ourselves an everlasting victory.
Crain Blanchard.
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