Jesus and the Better Path

It’s so easy to get off course, lost in the woods, and worn out. As the author of Hebrews has reminded us, the life of faith is a race, and our role is to keep running with our focus on Jesus and our path is the journey of becoming more like Him day by day. The path is incredibly difficult at times. So today’s text from Hebrews gives us two warnings for the journey. First, we can get worn out and just want to quit. Our arms are exhausted and numb, our knees hurt and we feel like we can’t go on. So, Hebrews reminds us that we need to press into the power of the Gospel and get support from our faith family and keep running. This is the path to wholeness, to healing. Second, the journey has a lot of side paths we can take so we need to keep our eyes on Jesus. These side paths end in brokenness, hardened hearts, and dead ends. We get in trouble on the race when we look down at our own feet or start gazing in other directions. Let’s keep our eyes on Jesus and keep on going!