Hebrews 12 tells us to run with endurance the race marked out for us by fixing our eyes on the one that ran it before us (Christ) who for the sake of joy that waited for Him at the finish, despite the pain.
Well, you watch kids and you see the joy of racing.
When the race begins, two or three of them get silly grins on their faces. A few others get this very determined look that suggests some sort of fire burning inside them. Most of them at one time or another look down at their own feet wondering if they're fast. And fast or slow, they all churn to the finish line. But three quarters of the way there, the legs and lungs start burning and these little guys have to trudge on to reach the finish. From start to finish, along the entire stretch, parents, teachers, administrators and kids from other grades (a great cloud of witnesses) cheer them on.
You realize that God put something in the heart of each of these kids to run the race. That for the sake of whatever joy awaited them on the other side of that finish line, they'd endure the burn in the lungs and legs. On a micro-scale - like Jesus did.
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