It's Time to Start Running!

I have been telling my husband for the last few weeks that days feel faster, weeks are flying by and it feels like life is moving at a faster speed. I began to think about the race I am running. It looks more like I am walking, because of how I use the time God has given me. I could hear in my spirit - now is the time to start running!

We can miss out on so much that God wants to do in our life if we are not mindful of what we are doing with the time He has given us. We may think we have all the time in the world, but what happens when we wake up one day and it is too late. I looked at my phone this morning and it popped up the weekly time spent on the phone, and I was taken back by the amount of time I had been on it. Am I using my time wisely? Am I running the race God set out for me, or am I focused elsewhere?

When I sat down to spend time with the Lord, I took a look at this verse - 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 and run with perseverance the race marked out for us (NIV).

It is time to run! It is time to be obedient to God’s Word and focus on running the race He has for you and I. It is urgent, because we do not know when Jesus is coming back, but it is sooner than later. I do not know what is in the way of you and God – distractions, disobedience, fear or maybe you have not even began running your race at all with Him, but it is time to throw it over to the side and go! Do not look to the left or to the right and begin running.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us this race to run! I pray that You will help me to throw off all that hinders me and just start running for You! In Jesus’ Name I Pray, Amen.