Run the Race

The prong horned antelope, the fastest animal runner in the world, makes it home throughout the great plains of North America. Although the cheetah reaches higher speeds for short bursts of time, the antelope has the capacity to maintain that agility and prowess for the duration.

Hebrews 12:1-2 instructs us: “Therefore, 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, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

We run the Christian race God has marked out for us, not in short bursts of speed, but with perseverance. With eyes firmly fixed on Jesus we cannot and will not hold back. He is both our example and goal.