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The Boston Marathon and Winning the Race of Life – Weekly Faith and Health Scripture – Hebrews 12:1-4

April 20, 2009 By Dale Fletcher Leave a Comment

boston-marathon-winner-2009Imagine running for over 2 and 1/2 hours in a competitive race and coming in second – one second behind the winner.  That’s what happened in the running of the 2009 Boston Marathon in the women’s division.

Salina Kosgei won the race in 2:32:16.  The second place finisher was Dire Tune.  American Kara Goucher was third. In the men’s race, Deriba Merga won in 2:08:42. An American, Ryan Hall placed third – the best American finish in many years.

I hope that in the running of the most important race of your life – your  spiritual race – that you are not doubting whether or not you will win a prize at the end of the race.

Hebrews 12:1-4 encourages us to run our race of faith – from start to finish – with our eyes set on Jesus.  If we do that… run our race of life with Jesus, then we are assured of receiving the prize of eternal life.  2 Timothy 4:7-8 tells us that we will receive a crown of righteousness and that Jesus will present it to us.  This award – this prize – is available to each person that eagerly awaits Jesus to return because they know that upon that day, they will enter into heaven with Him – and they will win their race.  In this race, all who believe in Jesus will receive the best prize – eternal life!

Are you running the race of life with Jesus?  I hope so.  This is certainly one race that you don’t want to finish second in.

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