Still running ...but looking onto ??

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12: 1-2 (New King James Version)

Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare ? Well here is a similar story with a little twist. At the starting line there were several hares and the tortoise . At the sound of the start gun they all started running. As they were running one hare noticed a pretty rabbit walking towards another road and so he decided to take a detour and continued running . Another hare as he was running saw a huge pile of money and he took a detour . In a similar manner all the hares one by one took detours , some setting their sights on jobs , some on hobbies that excited them … The tortoise however kept looking straight ahead at the goal and ran on to complete the race.

A lot of us are like the hares. We still continue running. But we have forgotten what we were running to !! We were meant to be running the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus. A lot of us still continue running but looking onto different things of this world. We have gotten side tracked and are busy running towards other things and for other things and some of us don’t even realize it.

‘Lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us’ – May this be our decision today
‘Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith’ – May this be our daily prayer
‘Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God ‘ - May we never forget the price that was paid for us

God Bless