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“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. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:1-2).
We have talked about the Olympic games and learned some lessons from them. In today’s verse we see the kind of race that we run in our Christian life. As we know, there are races of different lengths in the Olympics. The shortest running race in modern day Olympics is the 100-meter dash, while the longest is a marathon of more than 26 miles, or 42.2 kilometers.
Our verse tells us to “run with patience the race that is set before us,” for the Christian life is a marathon, not simply a “dash” that is over in fewer than ten seconds (if you are a fast runner!) It is necessary to have patience, for there may be many obstacles in a marathon, and we need endurance in order to finish the race. Some who start to run a marathon do not finish, as their strength gives out, and they are compelled to quit. But if we are “looking unto Jesus,” we will find that we can run with His strength, and then we can be assured of finishing the race.
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