Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.  1 Corinthians 9:24 

 

In life, you get to only run once, so run to win! To avoid stumbling and losing your place, don’t look back. You can’t change the past, but thank God you can learn from it and leave it behind. Don’t be anxious about the next lap; focus only on the next step. If you miss that, you may fall and not get up again. Before you know it, you’ll soon have more laps behind you than ahead of you. So make every lap count. Listen: 'Let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back' (Heb 12:1). Many of us carry the weight and worry of burdens, which older and wiser people understand are of no real importance. We spend our energies extinguishing fires that, if left alone, would burn out on their own. Time is your most valuable resource; save it and you’ve increased your assets and decreased your liabilities. Get rid of the baggage of old relationships, pointless fears and false indebtedness to those who seek to manipulate you. There are enough painful trials in life; why endure the ones you can lay aside? When blind Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was within reach, he threw off his coat (lest it trip him up) and ran toward Him. Today you need to do the same.