Hey, what's up guys? I'm here sitting in front of this track. I had this idea that hit me so hard last night when I was watching this video, this stoic YouTuber talking about running your race, staying in your lane. And I heard that and I was like, that is not from Christ. That is not from God. Because Christianity is not track and field.

Christianity is not a marathon.

It's not a sprint.

Christianity is actually cross country.

And my wife is a cross country runner, and we got to talk about this a little bit.

And this was supposed to be a real on Instagram, but it turned into this

any bonus episode because this is so heavy, this idea

that Christ is our coach, he's also our teammate, and he's cheering us on as a team, as each one of us

crosses the finish line, maybe at different times, but we also have teammates in heaven who

are cheering us on as well. Check this out. Hebrews chapter 12, verses 1 and 2, but we also have teammates in heaven who are cheering us on as well. Check this out.

Hebrews chapter 12 verses 1 and 2, since we have such a huge crowd of men of faith, the same

men of faith that are mentioned in the hall of faith in Hebrews chapter 11, some people like to call

it, watching us from the grand stands. You guys can see the stands behind me right now.

Let us strip off anything that slows us down

or holds us back, especially those sins that wrap themselves

around us and our feet and trip us up.

What could that be?

Look at that be.

We'll come back to that.

And it says, and let us run with patience the race that God has set before you?

I know, us.

When he's writing this, Paul is writing to a group of believers.

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