The Race Set Before Us

The Race Set Before us

The year, is 2023. Yesterday the Kentucky Derby was held… Mage surged late to win the 2023 Kentucky Derby, the prestigious first leg of the Triple Crown, in an official time of 2 minutes and 1 point 57 Seconds. If you’re into running last April 17 was the Boston Marathon – the winner was Evans Chebet from Kenya who ran the 26.2 mile race in just 2 hours—5 minutes and 54 seconds. Which is about 12.5 miles per hour—that is fast for us bipeds. You might have guessed that our message is about racing.

“1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, 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, 2 looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:1-2)

From here I would like to present five short points for you.

  1. We Must Run
  2. We are Surrounded by So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
  3. Lay Aside Every Weight, and the Sin which so Easily Ensnares Us
  4. We Must Run With Endurance
  5. We Must Look to Jesus Always