The New York City marathon is the largest running event in the world. In 2024, 55,646 runners took part. Of that multitude, less than ten participants actually had a realistic chance to win the race. The goal of most everyone else was not to win. It was to finish. Their competition was themselves. It didn’t matter what the crowd was doing. They had their own mission, and they were focused on it.
Good advice for us on our spiritual walk. There is a Bible verse that says: “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
It doesn’t matter what the crowd is doing. You know how to live the right way.
Amen