Others will ask, "Did you really run 26.2 miles?"
"How do you train for that?"
"Was anyone chasing you?"
"How big were they?"
I enjoy talking about running. Lately when it comes up, I say I'm a runner. But the more I think about it, that's not true. I haven't run in about 3 months or so. I'm not a runner. I am someone who used to run. There's a vast difference.
There was a time in my life and maybe you've had one in yours, when someone asked if I was a Christian. I said yes. Maybe you did too. But truthfully, the answer was no. I wasn't a Christian, I was someone who used to be a Christian. I used to run the race but at that time I was definitely not running.
Maybe you're in that same boat. You used to be "running the race" but now you're just a spectator who can talk about "running". What I had to realize and you have to as well is, to be a runner, you have to run. To be a Christian, you have to live like Christ.
If you find yourself a former Christian who can only talk about your past, today is a new day. There is plenty of new road to run, you just have to lace up your shoes and hit the road.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, 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 run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
