Running When Everyone’s Watching

What or who is hindering you from running well? What or who is hindering you from obeying the truth? We need to lay those things aside and RUN with endurance.

Today I was at the park and I was alternating between walking and running. I had a specific loop I was on and every time I would be running I would seem to see the same set of people. You see I had them fooled…these people that I passed while I was running thought I had been running the whole time, but in reality I had slowed down and started walking at some point when they weren’t around.

As I kept seeing the same people when I was running they were fooled into thinking that I was running wholly, without taking a break. This reminded me of our Christian life and how sometimes, or all the time, we have this facade that we put on.

We seem to run well when we know people are watching. We speed up, we make sure our form is correct and we try not to breath like we have been holding our breath for five minutes. J Is it not that way with the race that God has set before us sometimes? We may run, and run well, when people are watching, but what about when no one is around but you and God? Are you just walking, taking a break from the race, or even just giving up on God’s call to run with endurance?

Friends, I think we can all confess that we have been slackers in this race of life at some point. We may have gotten sidetracked from the race because of the business of life, or even from someone injuring you emotionally, hindering you from running like God has called you.  Let me tell you some good news, God is in the business of not physical therapy, but Spiritual therapy. He can restore your injury if you allow him to teach you how to forgive.

We must run with endurance. That is not easy at times. We may be able to fool the people around us, like I accidentally did today, but we cannot fool God. He knows how we are running.

“…let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith…” Hebrews 12:1-2

“You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?”

Galatians 5:7

What or who is hindering you from running well? What or who is causing you to disobey the truth? We need to lay those things aside and RUN with endurance. Even when no one is watching!