Role Models : Justin Martyr - Hebrews 12:1-3

In this world, we often have bad examples to watch and look to. Leaders acting badly. Trusted individuals, breaking that trust. People you know or who you grew up with, giving you less than excellent examples for your future life. When we look to ourselves, we also see that we are fallible, failing, sinful human beings too, who also lead less than stellar examples for others. In Jesus, we have more than a perfect example, we have a perfect God, who was willing to die for us, and who also rose for us, that we may have everlasting life with him. We are pointed to Jesus, by the good examples of those who came before us. We are to follow them and look to Jesus, whom they all point us to. May we also point others to Jesus, as we run with endurance the race of life that is before us.