Going the Distance By Faith

Attention is now turned from the testimony of the Old Testaments saints as encouragement to be living by faith to the challenge for believers in Jesus Christ to do likewise, live by faith. Using the illustration of running a long distance race the exhortation is to lay aside any hindrances, distractions, and attractions that undermines or compromises the intensity and effort that needs to continually be made. Living the Christian life pleasing to God is not merely a matter of going through the motions but requires an ongoing focus and willingness to trust God who has laid out the course of our individual lives.