My third semester here at South Dakota State University is quickly drawing to an end and reminding me just how fast time goes. It seems just like yesterday my parents were moving me into my first dorm room. Can you remember back to a time in your life when you wanted to hit the pause button and savor every moment?
I was hit hard with another reminder yesterday as I was sitting at my second home, First Lutheran Church here in Brookings. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, with a gentle light snow falling, bur during the service I found myself doing something I do far to often - going through the motions. I sang the hymns paying no attention to the timeless and powerful text. I proclaimed, weakly, the Creed and Lord's Prayer - cornerstones of my faith. I even found myself daydreaming while standing in line to recieve communion - the Lords Holy Supper.
Is this what being a Christian has become for me? Have I turned into the one hour a week Christian that I have worked so hard not to become? As my bible collects dust on my dorm room desk, and as my prayer time is cut in half as I run from this meeting to the next am I living, and breathing in Christ? An eye opening reminder this was, but not a reminder made in vain and I know it was sent straight from the heavens. In Hebrews 12 Paul calls us to run with endurance the race that is set before us, and to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. We run, not alone, but together to achieve the same prize set aside for our salvation.
Its a scary time in your faith walk when you realize that you have fallen away from the feet of Christ, however, we praise a God who welcomes us back with arms wide open. A God who pays no attention to our faults and failures. A God who welcomes us back into his warm embrace without hesitation.
Run with endurance the race, friends, knowing you are not running alone.
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