The finish line is not yet in sight…but you know it’s there…you can’t hear the crowd cheering yet…just this knowing brings a change in you. You start to feel the crunch…your body begins to ramp up…adrenaline starts to hit your system…you have come so far, but there is still work to be done…you begin to envision crossing the finish line. This is the crucial point. Here is where your focus becomes everything. Put one foot in front of the other. If you begin to focus only on the finish line, you will run too fast, burn out, and jeopardize the strong finish. Remaining steady and focused is the battle.
This is where I am in my race. Nearing the end of month 9 out of 11 months, I am choosing to focus on what is before me right now and put one foot in front of the other. Choosing to discipline myself to live in the moment, stop and smell the roses, learn the hard lessons, and let God move in my life in ways I have never dreamt. Holding fast to His promises. Keeping my gaze locked on His eyes, because in His eyes I see when to breath in and breath out, contract and relax, slow down and speed up. He is my rhythm and cadence. So I am choosing to get all I can out of this season. This thing called the World Race has taught me the importance of being all in. No matter what I am doing. To bloom where I am planted. The grass will seem greener on the other side in most seasons of life, but I choose to remember this: a good thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing. Until released by my Father, I am always called to finish strong…I am called to be able to say, “I have fought the good fight I have finished the race, I have kept the faith…”
Love and blessings!
Fixing my gaze,
Bethany
Bethany
