Mark these Key Words: Run     Victory     Crown

Like a thoroughly bred, trained and finely tuned Kentucky Derby racehorse standing 16.2 hands, weighing in at precisely 1,175 pounds of perfectly conditioned racing muscle running for “the most exciting 2 minutes in sports” to win the coveted 36-year-old Derby crown; so the true believer is supposed to run for “The Great Prize” of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Unfolding below are road markers along God’s biblical path for that very prize promised to every sincere follower of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 12: 1 & 2

“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Am I laying aside every encumbrance and sin that has been entangling me that inhibits “the race set before us”?

“Personal Answer”

What encumbrance do I need to lay aside today to run the race with unencumbered speed?

“Personal Answer”