The Race of Life

You are involved in the race of life. Put another way, you are in the race of your life. This race started the day you were born, and will end on the day you die. No one knows exactly how much time this will be. But one thing is certain: you will get to make a lot of decisions about what you do with that life. As the Psalmist said, “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should (Psalms 90:12) TLB.

The call to life a life of joy and abundance has been around for a long time. For example, Moses told the children of Israel “I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction…Now choose life.” The sad truth is, many will not.

Jesus said something very similar: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10)” There is a way that we can all, then, learn to live life in the fullest. So, what is that way?

The first step is recognizing that we will die. Many people try to live their life in denial of this fact. Embrassing it can help us to treasure the days we have. You only get so many.
The second step is to choose life. Inside all of us is a dream of what we want life to be, that ebs and flows with time. It can help to guide us, if we are willing to listen.
The third step can be best thought of in a question: if you had only one month to live, what would you do with your life? Would you see old friends, mend fences, prepare yourself for what comes after death?
Sit down today and take a piece of paper and pen, and write out what you would do with your one month to live. Make a change in the race of life. Then give yourself a challenge. Try to accomplish as much of that dream as you can in the next thirty days.

Raymond C. Province, M. Div. is a retired minister and owner of A Higher Faith.com, a website dedicated to living a life of faith. You can reach him at celticozarksolutions@gmail.com, or @celticozarkian on Twitter.