Challenges

Everyone in todays' society is faced with challenges. Some were there before we started to make our own way, some we've created unknowingly, and some on purpose.
I am finishing this week with a challenge. One that I gave myself. I will be competing in a duathlon this Saturday. I haven't been nervous at all until this week. Then the fear of failure crept over me. It occurred to me how odd to have that fear, this challenge I created for myself. The original goal being that I just wanted to finish, now I have a fear of being last. Not that being last is bad, I mean hey you've finished right??It's ironic how we get all stirred up over challenges. As I was thinking about this I started to reflect on my relationship with God. Fear. Finishing. Am I running a good race for Him? Will I finish last or at all? This race is long and hard. But it's the most important run of my life and if I'm doing as God asked it's the most important race for anyone I lead to Him.
So, in the quote of the famous Jerry Maguire movie I ask "Who's coming with me?" I will run with you, and We Will Finish. STRONG