Howdy and welcome to the Breakaway Podcast. Thanks for listening. Breakaway is a Bible study recorded on the campus of Texas A&M University.

Today's message is from Breakway's executive director Timothy Attique. We hope you enjoy the message. Hey, would you guys give it up for breakaway worship? Thank them for leading us tonight so well.

Well, let me just say this, I don't know if there's any runners in the room, but if you are a runner and you want to shave a few seconds off of your splits just basically overnight,

then all you need to do is stop looking at the ground when you run

and lift up your gaze and look and run.

As you run, look exactly where you're going.

Because as you begin to focus on what is ahead of you,

I promise you it will be the difference

between running passively in running with

intentionality. I remember when I ran cross country in high school really in large

part the the success of my race was really dependent upon whether I chose to run with passivity or intentionality.

Inevitably, when I would run and just look at the ground,

I would never stop running, but I would absolutely stop racing.

But when I would lift my gaze and I would begin to look at where I was headed, especially when the finish line would kind of come into view, even if it was a long way away, I began to run with greater purpose and intentionality and expectancy because I began to run with the end in mind

especially when I could see the finish line, I began to run for what

awaited me at the finish line, which was specifically the opportunity to stop running and also the possibility of going to the

all-you-can-eat pizza buffet which I just felt like I could reward myself and

eat whatever I wanted because of running.

And so I tell you that just to say tonight is all about lifting your gaze and running through life with the end in mind.

It's the difference between running through life with passivity and running through life with great intentionality and

expectancy. Tonight we're actually going to look into the

scriptures at a chapter in revelation which is at the end of the Bible.

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