Hebrews 12:1-3
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. Consider him who
endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose
heart.
This weekend I watched my oldest niece graduate from High
School. She reminded me so much of
myself. She was certainly one to live as
she believed and not go with the flow that is often pushed on a young lady her
age. She didn’t have many friends and
worked hard at school, in choir and as a Lansing Police Department
Explorer. Furthermore, she was active at
her church and the youth group. She will
be a student this fall at Great Lakes Christian College in Lansing as well.
I truly believe that she lives as we are instructed to do so
here in Hebrews 12, she throws off everything that hinders her and the sin that
could so easily entangle and she runs with perseverance the race that has been
marked out for her.
I see the woman of God that she is becoming and I pray that
in addition to the way her parents have raised her, that maybe, just maybe, I
too have been an influence on her in some small way. I pray that I am running the race set out for
me the way that Christ would want me to.
Who sees your race and says that you have your eyes fixed on
Jesus as you are running?
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