“These were all
commended for their faith, yet none of them received what
had been promised, since
God had planned something better for us
so that only together
with us would they be made perfect.”
Hebrews 11:39-40
How did the ‘handoff’
go?
Did you receive the
baton?
Imagine running in a
relay race with the baton handed off to you from Noah, Moses, David, Samuel,
Gideon or some other Old Testament saint.
You see the Old
Testament saints have run their race and the baton has been passed to us.
We are the church and
we are not running this race alone.
It is as if there are
bleachers full of those who have gone before cheering us on in our efforts.
You must
continue on in this race!
Hold firmly to the baton!
Be sure of your footing!
Can you see the finish
line?
No, we are not alone
in this race.
Never have been and
never will be.
Certainly Jesus said
He would never leave us and never forsake us and that promise is kept through
the Holy Spirit in us, but there is also that “…great cloud of witnesses…”
They have run their
leg faithfully and finished well and have passed the baton on to you.
They do not leave the
stadium uninterested in the completion of the race but now sit in the stands
watching, cheering and encouraging you and me in our leg.
Can you hear David
yelling: “Don’t be afraid of the giant!”?
I can just hear
Jeremiah and Timothy encouraging the younger ones in the race.
Let me close with the
first verse of Hebrews 12 –
“Therefore, 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,”
Do you have the baton
firmly in hand?
Can you hear the
cheering?
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