Running is Kinda Awful.
05/24/2010 12:22 pmThis morning I woke up and came to a realization. I am pretty out of shape. Considering how soccer is rapidly approaching and I need to be ready to play in less than 3 months, I decided I should probably start running again. So alas (does anyone still use this word?), I rolled out of bed, put on running clothes, my running shoes, and grabbed my iPod (never run without an iPod, its super boring). After I got about three steps down the road, I came to this conclusion…RUNNING IS HARD!!!
Running is not something that is super easy for us to do. People have to train pretty hard to run well. The people that you see racing in the Olympics devote their lives to training to run at a high level. After this morning, I am pretty sure that I am not destined to run in the Olympics. However, running did remind me of something that Paul said…4 “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:2 “Run in such a way as to get the prize.” That same dedication that the runners in the olympics train with, is the same dedication that we need to put into following Christ. And guess what guys…IT’S HARD!!! Following the things that Christ wants us to do is not easy. It isn’t easy to say no to going to a party that you know every other person on the planet is going to be at. And it isn’t easy to put Christ in the center of your relationship when you and your boyfriend/girlfriend are alone.
But even though it isn’t easy for us, we are called to be totally dedicated to our walk (or run in this case) with Christ. We are training to be the best, and when you train, it takes sacrifice. When you think about the sacrifice that Jesus made for us, somehow that seems easier to me. Sacrifice is not something that we look at and naturally say, “Man, I really want to sacrifice.” However, thats what it takes.
So I leave you with one final scripture:
Hebrews 12:1 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.
Run with perseverance guys!!
