Backside of Frustration

I suppose you’ve noticed by now that not everything flows according to plan. As in any training and preparation circumstances arise that cause us to change course. Planned runs are set aside in the face of falling temperatures, other’s schedules regularly derailing our own, and the myriad life traffic seems to work at frustrating our progress. This can deflate any spirit. But there is another face to all of this. On the backside of these events is a clear signature of the author involved. What’s this? Ah, the very Author of Life itself and all that is within this world. It is the Lord Himself. And here I find sweet consolation. When I’ve done my best to go forward and “be there” even in the face of challenges and frustrations, I can rest in the confidence that a Sovereign God is ruling over all. It will be ok. Plans are – well, just plans, after all. He can work with this jar of clay, this bit of dust. He can and will carry me forward. And above all, His purposes will be achieved. It has never been about us; not about our running or our race. Rather it has been and always will be about His running and His race. What has He set before us today? That is the central question. Today we run the race that He has set before us. Come along, run with me. It is a good day.