What I wanted to say this morning but didn't have the chance

Therefore since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends on from start to finish. He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy He knew would be His afterward. Now He is seated in the place of highest honour besides God's throne in heaven.(Hebrews12v1-2)

The bible exhorts us in Hebrews to run the race God has ordained for us with perseverance. And that we can only run with perseverance when we have "stripped off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress" Now, how could we possibly do that? By keeping our eyes on Christ! Therefore, when we look to Jesus, sin wouldn't even be an issue anymore. In fact, the more we look and stand in awe of the awesomeness of our God, we don't even have to worry about having faith because faith just springs out and then and only then, in Christ, we will have the faith to persevere in this race.

Ps. This race that we run doesn't mean that the person who finishes or ends the race 1st wins. If that was the case, the suicide rates will definitely increase drastically. .....Think about it. Haha.