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My times are in Your Hands
The title of this article is taken from Psalm 31:15. I went on a 10 mile run on Saturday through the rain and got to thinking about the marathon again. It is interesting to me that one of the first questions people like to ask is, "So what time are you aiming for?" The reason I find this interesting is because, without any ill intent, the question infers that there is some value attached to a certain time.
Getting back to the quote, the context that David was writing was quite different, but the concept remains true, our times are in His hands. The times for our lives, the times where we will live in certain places (see Acts 17:26) and indeed, He has determined the times we can accomplish things like marathons in.
We tend to look at someone and say that because they can run a marathon in 5 hours that they are doing okay, but if someone can run it in 3 hours, we say they are brilliant. The fact remains that the Lord will not judge us against other competitors, he will judge us partly in how we measure up to Jesus and partly in how we have done with respect to the gifting that He has given us.
What I am saying, then, is that many of the slower people will work much harder to finish than the faster ones at the front. And the ironic thing is that the winner on the day is not necessarily the person who ran their best in relation to their potential.
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Peter Lindop, 14/04/2009 |
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