I don’t know about you, but I much prefer the clearly defined “three lap races” in Mario Kart to facing an endless endurance mode featured in other racing games… I like knowing where the finish line is, how much longer it will be until I get there, and being able to count the laps until I reach my goal on one hand. If all of the races were lengthy, multi-hour marathons, casual fans would most likely be turned off by the high price point of entry… and if the placement of the finish line was ambiguous and inconsistent, hardcore gamers would quickly become frustrated.  Short races with clearly defined finish lines are a large part of the reason why the Mario Kart series has maintained its’ popularity over the years… too bad our real world race isn’t that easy.

We are all running our race down here with one goal: to hear, “well done, good and faithful servant” at the end. But none of our races are identical, and each of our paths have a finish line at a different place on the track. During the painful portions of our course, it would be nice to know how much farther we have until our current lap ends. But while the Lord didn’t construct our pain, He did define our course down to the last detail with one goal in mind. If we didn’t wake up hearing, “well done”, we aren’t done yet… so let’s run today’s race in faith until the day that we do.

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 1 Corinthians 9:24, 26

Looking unto Jesus, the author and 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 12:2

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