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The Discipline to Run
Series: Suffering · Persecution · PerseveranceIn his final days, Paul said that he had "finished the race" (II Timothy 4:7). It was not the first time he used the metaphor of athletics to describe the Christian's life. Like any athlete who wants to take the prize, it requires relentless, daily commitment to growing "in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (II Peter 3:18) if we would win the prize that God offers us.