Hebrews 12:1 – 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 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.
We have been raised in a country that has allowed us to have the Word of God available at all times. Wonderful teachers are available and easily accessed to study God’s Word. It is our lifeline of understanding God. You can know God more and more. There are people out there who are humble servants trying to get this message to you.
On the flip side there are others out there to tell you exactly what you want to hear, especially if you are meeting their needs.
We need to quit running all over the course blindly.
Picture this: You step up to the starting line and bang you’re off on your journey for God.
You’re running along for about a half mile and wow, look at that nice car! It won’t take long to look that over. The salesman looks at you and says I can get you into that no time. Let’s talk about what kind of payment you can afford. You say, “I really need to get back to my race keep my attention on the real prize, but they convince you that there is plenty of time to finish your race.
You walk out and you think wow that was a little more than I was expecting, but I’ll do alright. Back on the run and get down the road about another 2 miles. Hey that’s a really nice house. All the people around me are getting into these kinds of houses. You only live once right?! (Wrong)
Back to that race, you know for not much more I could go on that killer vacation I wanted to always go on. I can afford it. While you’re there you love it so much they talk you into buying a condo.
What were we doing earlier? Oh yeah, back to the race. You know what it’s really getting hard to have time to run. I’m finding that I have to work more for debts. Hey why should I have to wait till I get older to have these great things?
If we’re chasing after these things on the earth, are we chasing after the things of God? Are we running the race that is marked out for us?
Or are we running our own race?