There was a race taking taking place. It was a pair race and the course was very long. There were 4 different groups running this long race. The groups started the race at different times, and they were let out slowest to fastest. The slowest group of runners were let out at the first shot. They started to run, run, and run some more. After the first mile they started to jog and when they hit the second mile they decided to sit down and rest for awhile. The second group dashed off when the second shot hit the air like an arrow piercing a target. They began to run hard but grew tired at the mile and a half point, so they decided to stop at the two mile point and play the game soccer with the other team that was ahead of them. The second team thought ,"Well these were the only people ahead of us and they stopped, so we might as well play a game with them because when we see the other team coming we will be able to outrun them." Team 1 and 2 began to play and they were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Team 3 were able to start the race at the sound of the third shot. They sprinted down the road and they soon found themselves feeling exhausted. They passed team 1 and 2 quite quickly because they had been sprinting but not soon after they passed the other two teams they sat down to take a break and play cards. They thought that since they had passed the other teams and that they were resting instead of playing they would be able to beat the fourth team when they saw them coming up the road. After awhile the fourth gun shot was heard and that let team number 4 know that it was their turn to start running. They started out with a good pace, something in between a sprint and a jog. They ran and did not stop, and soon they were able to pass the first and second team who were playing a soccer game. They were starting to feel the strain on their legs but they had both agreed beforehand that they would not give up no matter what obstacles they had to face. They began to come upon the third team, who was playing a game of cards. The third team started to run as fast as they could but they were no match for the fourth team, even though they had even rested. They fourth team was humble and did not scream taunts at the slower team, although they were starting to outrun them. The fourth team were the ones who ran strong and hard throughout the whole race and in the end they were the ones who won the race!
The point of the story/dream is that you can be succesful in a race when you continue to run. God has given us the Bible as a tool to help us throughout life. When you trust in God and follow His footsteps and become fully dependable on Him, He will help you to finish the race. We all have our different ideas on what a race looks like in our lives. When we depend on ourselves we will want to give up and play a game instead of finishing the task at hand. The fourth team that won, did not win just because they were the fastest runners but because they relied on the promise they had made to each other to not stop. When we accept God into our lives, we promise Him that He can reign in us. When we make this promise to God we need to follow our word and allow Him to live in us. When you make a promise you need to keep it. When you trust in God you need to trust Him even when you can't see what is at the end of the road in your race. Allow God to help you run the race that is at hand.
The tortoise and the hare!
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