Hebrews 12:1-2
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, 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, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Jesus is the founder and perfecter of our faith. If asked to climb Everest and shown the path, I will politely decline. I’m just not able to do that. If asked to swim the English Channel, sorry, nothing doing as I would fail and then drown. Why then does it seem possible that I can run the race of the Christian life?
I run because Jesus has made it possible. He is the founder, originator, author of this path that I tread and He has perfected, meaning completed to the last degree and most minute detail, my race. I can run in complete confidence even as I know I am much much too weak. It is the Christian who continues against the odds and because of Jesus, eventually, wins. Keep running with your eyes fixed on Jesus.
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to remember the way you saved me so I will trust that you still love me.