“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us….” (Hebrews 12:1)
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, which have been going for two weeks, have come to an end.
We Christians are in a race which began the moment we received salvation and will continue until we see Jesus in glory. Our race is set “before” us, not beside us in the other person’s lane. It is “before” us, not behind us in the lanes of the stragglers and careless. We are to run our race with patience, perseverance and endurance while laying aside every encumbrance and hindrance.
We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, not onlookers, but testifiers and martyrs found in Hebrews chapter eleven. We study their lives to see the faith they had in God and how they stood firm in the conflict and never gave up.
We are to fix our eyes on Jesus our Savior, the Author and Finisher of our faith. We are to stay focused.
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