Here or Nowhere | The Race Marked Out

The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast

The Elisabeth Elliot Foundation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This talk was originally presented on October 2, 1997 in San Juan Capistrano.
This recording is a result of our work digitizing over 600 cassette tapes of Elisabeth's talks. Each tape is decades old and the quality of the recordings varies quite a bit from tape to tape. As we preserve Elisabeth's legacy, we will share as much of her work as possible, even when technical issues affect the quality of the audio. Each talk is unique in content and tone. All are a blessing and encouragement.
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Music: John Hanson

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0:00.0	Here or nowhere.
0:08.0	That is the theme, but perhaps a better title would be
0:16.0	the race marked out.
0:20.0	The theme is about the fact that God wants to sanctify us, he wants to make us holy.
0:28.6	And he has chosen exactly the right set of circumstances for each one of us in which we can be made holy.
0:40.3	In Hebrews 12-1, it says,
0:45.3	Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
0:52.3	Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us run with perseverance, the race marked out for us.
0:57.0	In other words, God has clearly marked out a race for each little individual.
1:06.0	Each one of us has a special course which God has marked out for us. And there's a verse in
1:12.7	Psalms, Psalm 165, that says, Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup and have made
1:22.0	my lot secure. And I find that so calming and quieting, just the absolute confidence and assurance that God
1:33.1	has marked out the race that I am supposed to run. And none of us has any idea how long that
1:39.1	race is going to be. We don't have any guarantee that we're going to be here tomorrow.
1:43.9	But it is here or nowhere,
1:47.0	here in the place where God has put us, here in this segment of the race, that God wants us to learn to trust him.
1:57.0	Does God give us previews of coming attractions?
2:03.6	Not very often, not very many.
2:07.6	He has certainly given us principles by which we can guide our lives in his word,
2:13.6	but as for the actual events and circumstances of our lives, God gives us very little to go on.
2:20.3	We may think we know what we're going to do, and for you young people, I know that that's a very crucial question.
2:27.3	When I matriculated at Wheaton College in Illinois, as a freshman, I signed up as a pre-med student because it was my
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