But you know, it's no fun running all alone. The Lancers know what I'm talking about. They know that when it's fourth and long and you're two points behind and the clock is ticking, when your lungs are burning and your heart is aching and your legs feel like blocks of wood, that's when your teammates and the cheers of the fans lift you up and give you that extra burst of energy. That's what it means to be a church, that we have a great cloud of witnesses cheering us on, that we have teammates to lift us up and run with us. We don't run alone.
Somebody knows our name, somebody calls out encouragement.
We need each other. We need to be a part of a community. Of course, it's all just running around in circles if we are not racing towards Jesus Christ, who our scripture says is the pioneer and finisher of our faith. Jesus is the finish line, and there is no stopping until we get to him. We run hard to draw closer and closer to Jesus Christ.