Be Still And Know

Hebrews 12.1-2 NLT 'And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.' It is often and rightly observed that life is not a sprint but a marathon. If we are honest that is not what we want to hear because we would like life to have as few challenges and problems as possible, but the truth is that we all need to learn how to “hang in there” through thick and thin. Here the writer to the Hebrews reminds his readers that this is what the life of faith is all about. We have to endure and he clearly has in mind that the church to which he was writing was likely to experience considerable persecution and suffering. If they thought that living for Christ was going to be a leisurely walk in the park then they needed to change their thinking quickly. By itself that would be a rather bleak message. But the whole purpose of the writer is to bring encouragement and he knows that, as we focus our attention on Jesus,