Projected Winner.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Projected Winner. I’m sure not everyone is as much of an avid news buff as I am. I love watching Fox News, and even have the satellite radio in my truck tuned to the same channel. And so it’s only to be expected that on days like yesterday I would be somewhat glued to the Fox News team for the latest election coverage. Call me crazy, but it’s just extremely interesting to me to watch the American voice being heard, especially in elections like the one we’ve just come through. And without fail, as the results come in, the political pundits and news anchors say time after time, “Fox News has projected a winner in this race…” That means that before all the results come in all signs are pointing to the fact that a certain person will win that race. Which brings me to our race…
Paul said the life of a believer is much like a race. There’s a finish line we’re all aiming for. And it’s hard – really hard sometimes. I’m not sure if you’ve ever run any kind of a distance race, but I’ve recently taken to the idea of running a 5K, with the hopes that eventually that will lead me to possibly running a marathon. In school I ran track, but I was always a sprinter, and with good reason. The first 200 – 300 meters I was in good shape, and could honestly run faster than most others. But it’s when I hit that 300 meter mark that things always began to go south for me really quickly. I just lacked the stamina to continue. I was a sprinter.
The thing is, the race we call the Christian life isn’t a sprint. It’s not about starting fast and running as hard and fast as you can from day one. It’s a long distance race – a marathon. And in order to be who you’re called to be later in the race, you have to pace yourself. Don’t just run for the short term, as so many seem to be doing. We’re in this for the long haul – for eternity. It will be hard sometimes. It will be uphill sometimes. It will take the wind right out of us sometimes. And it will be extremely painful sometimes. But the finish line is calling our name. And our biggest Fan – He’s calling our name too. And He’s waiting for us to run through that tape stretched across the end.
The thing is sometimes, as rare as it may be, the pundits and anchors get their projections wrong. My mind suddenly goes back to a particular Presidential Election in the year 2000 as an example. And they learn from those mistakes, too. That’s why last night when a race was neck and neck, they would say that it was “too close to call” at the time. But this race we’re in? It’s not too close to call by any means. We’re not the “projected winners,” either. The Book I stand upon with my life says more than that. It says we are the established winners. It’s already finished. Jesus took care of that for us almost 2,000 years ago on an old rugged cross. So today the only question is, have you accepted your victory yet, or are you waiting for some more results to come in? My word to you today: put your trust in the One that’s already won this one…you never know when it will be too late.


That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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