How to Bounce Back
When You've Bounced Out
It's your race to run.
No One Can Run It For You
Run Your Race — It's Yours
Run your race, my friends, it's yours... no one can run [it] for you. And no one, other than the Lord, can lay it out and make it so clear before you.
His race for you is often referred to in Scripture as the will of God for your life, the joy of the Lord, the way of the Lord and also your course. All these phrases are saying and meaning the same thing: God has a specific assignment or mission for us to accomplish. And the authority and power we have to accomplish them are found in the orders He gives us to fulfill the mission or complete our race. And no matter the assignment/race we've been given it will always include reaching people for Jesus, teaching people about Jesus and equipping people to serve Jesus and mobilizing people to go with Jesus.
Therefore, I encourage you to embrace your race gladly, endure your race gratefully, explain your race graciously, and enjoy your race gloriously. And as you make much of Jesus, on the course He's assigned for you, Jesus will continue to make much use of you.
Remember, little is much when God is in it. To do this, and do it effectively, you'll need Him living in you, and you'll need to keep your eyes fixed on Him, daily considering the example He set while He walked this earth. Isaiah 42 helps us see His gentle but gritty spirit and the fact that He never flickered or fell apart when the road got tough and ugly and He stuck to the course His Father gave, for noting, good or bad, could distract from His race.
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