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I once read a story about an unusual bike race.
The object of the race was to go the shortest distance possible within a specified time.
At the start of the race, everyone pull up to the line and when the gun sounded all the bicycles, as best they can, stay put.
Racers are disqualified if they tip over or if one of their feet touches the ground.
So in this race the racers inch forward just enough to keep the bike balanced.
When the time is up and another gun sounds and the person who had gone the farthest is the loser, while the person closest to the starting line is the winner.
That just sounds a little backwards.
Imagine, however, getting into that race and not understanding how the race works.
When the gun sounds and the race starts you pedal as hard and fast as you possibly can.
It’s not long before you’re so far out in front that you can’t see any of the other racers.
You think, “This is fantastic.
Don't let up.
Push harder and faster and longer and stronger.”
As you cross the finish line you're out of breath and sweating, but you’re excited thinking you might have broken the record.
At last you hear the gun that ends the race, and you are delighted because you are unquestionably the winner, except you are unquestionably the loser because you misunderstood how the race is run.
The Bible gives us the rules to the eternal race of life.
The finish line is painted on the other side of our deaths, right in front of the throne of God himself.
There, at the resurrection of the righteous, we will receive our reward.
And what we’ll find out is the race the world is running is not the race God is looking for.
The world is running a race where those who get the most win.
Those who have the most money, the most fame, the most notoriety, and the followers win.
But God is says those who give of themselves are the ones who win.
Those who serve others win.
Those who come in last will be first.
What race are we running?
Are we running to impress the word?
Are we running please ourselves?
Or are we running to please God?
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