On Your Mark; Get Set . . .
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 by Shane Becton in
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The past 3-4 years of my life have been filled with some deep, personal learning for me. As I look back at some of the things I have experienced, I am reminded of the following illustration:
The highly trained athlete burst from the blocks in an explosion of speed and strength. He had not gone a second step before his body slammed into the ground. He got up again, and began to run. Again, he slammed into the ground. He tried to run harder. Same result. He tried to be quicker, again, he fell. He tried to slow down, take smaller steps, he tried every variation he could imagine. All of his training and all of his strength seemed to avail him nothing. Again and again he fell.
He looked down. The laces of his two shoes were tied to one another.
He reached down, untied the knot and tied his shoes correctly.
Now he burst from the blocks, completed the race, and did so without a single fall.
In this short parable, is one of the most important keys to living a life of freedom. Often the issue is not our effort, our training, or our will-power. Often the issue is entanglements within our soul. When our mind, will, and emotions are tangled up within one another, no amount of effort, no amount of will power can propel us in the direction we are trying to go. A significant key to living a life of freedom is learning how God designed our soul, and letting Him untangling the knots of a lifetime of experience.
I am learning to live a life of freedom in Christ - how about you? Are your "running shoes" tied correctly?
~ Shane