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Lay it aside
'let us lay aside every weight, and...run with endurance' HEBREWS 12:1
The Bible says, 'Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it' (1Corinthians 9:24 NKJV). Here are some lessons to help you run in life's race:
1) To avoid stumbling or losing your place, don't look back. You can't change the past, but thank God you can learn from it and leave it behind.
2) Don't be anxious about the next lap, focus only on the next step. If you miss that you may fall and not get up again.
3) Make every lap count: 'Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.'
Many of us carry the weight of stress that experienced 'runners' understand is not worth worrying about. Maybe you spend too much energy trying to impress people and desperately wondering if they like you, or getting wound up by that certain person who only has to give you 'that look' to flip you into hours of a fuming temper. Do you worry that you might disappoint or upset someone that you spend all day running around to 'keep them happy'. To run well you need to learn to drop these kinds of worries. There are enough painful trials in life; why carry the ones you can lay aside?
written by Bob Gass
'let us lay aside every weight, and...run with endurance' HEBREWS 12:1
The Bible says, 'Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it' (1Corinthians 9:24 NKJV). Here are some lessons to help you run in life's race:
1) To avoid stumbling or losing your place, don't look back. You can't change the past, but thank God you can learn from it and leave it behind.
2) Don't be anxious about the next lap, focus only on the next step. If you miss that you may fall and not get up again.
3) Make every lap count: 'Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.'
Many of us carry the weight of stress that experienced 'runners' understand is not worth worrying about. Maybe you spend too much energy trying to impress people and desperately wondering if they like you, or getting wound up by that certain person who only has to give you 'that look' to flip you into hours of a fuming temper. Do you worry that you might disappoint or upset someone that you spend all day running around to 'keep them happy'. To run well you need to learn to drop these kinds of worries. There are enough painful trials in life; why carry the ones you can lay aside?
written by Bob Gass
