There it is - the finish line!
In the past couple of years I have become a bicyclist and a runner (thanks to my family and God putting opportunities in my path). We've done many 5K races and I've even got a 10K under my elastic belt. I bike to work every day and often to other appointments. (This week I had a couple of 25 mile days - phew...)
It feels good to get to the finish line.
To get to where you are going.
This spring two of my sons graduated from college.
They are anxious to move on to the next race - life.
But it felt good to get to that finish line.
BUT - finishing first?
Is that what is important?
Is graduating with honors (high honors, highest honors) what is important?
It feels good to get to the finish line.
To get to where you are going.
This spring two of my sons graduated from college.
They are anxious to move on to the next race - life.
But it felt good to get to that finish line.
BUT - finishing first?
Is that what is important?
Is graduating with honors (high honors, highest honors) what is important?
Nope.
Or is doing your best and just finishing what is important?
Yup.
As I've spent 50 years on this earth so far - I've found that just finishing is the most gratifying and important thing I can do with anything I start.
And then there is ultimate finish line.
When we draw our last breath and can race no more.
Isn't that the one I'm really running toward?
Or is doing your best and just finishing what is important?
Yup.
As I've spent 50 years on this earth so far - I've found that just finishing is the most gratifying and important thing I can do with anything I start.
And then there is ultimate finish line.When we draw our last breath and can race no more.
Isn't that the one I'm really running toward?
Writing this sentence has put me 3 seconds closer to it.
"I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back."
And the writer to the Hebrews gives us a pep talk in Hebrews 12:1-3...
"Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on?
It means we’d better get on with it.
Strip down, start running—and never quit!
No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in.
Study how he did it.
Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.
And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.
When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!"
Go, fight, finish!
Amen!
And the writer to the Hebrews gives us a pep talk in Hebrews 12:1-3...
"Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on?
It means we’d better get on with it.
Strip down, start running—and never quit!
No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in.
Study how he did it.
Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.
And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.
When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!"
Go, fight, finish!
Amen!
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