I set out in the slightly muggy dawn for my second day of learning to run. After pushing "start" on my Couch to 5k-type app, a voice in my ear told me, "Begin a five minute warm-up walk.".
"Alright, God," I thought. "Here I am. I'm listening."
My warm-up walk took me down a couple of blocks and to the corner of an intersection. As the voice told me, "Run now," I smiled and turned the corner. I began to run.
There was no music pumping through my iPod as my feet padded down the empty street. The silence of the early morning and the quiet presence of God were my only companions. A lengthy span of level ground stretched out before me, and I fixed my eyes upon a distant stop sign. After 30 seconds of running, the voice in my ear told me, "Walk now."
"Already?" I thought, pleased. "That was fast. I am not even winded yet." I was still far from the stop sign I had set as my visual goal, but the voice told me to walk, and I obeyed it. I ran and walked alternately two more times before reaching the sign and turning another corner.
"Run now." What if God is like the voice in my ear? I choose to run with him. I commit to a training program and set aside time and space to listen and obey. I choose the route my steps take today, but I listen for that voice to tell me when to run and when to walk. I don't have a clock, so I'm not sure when I will hear another command. I just trust in the program and keep running or walking until the voice tells me differently. "Run now." I ran.
"Alright, God," I thought. "Here I am. I'm listening."
My warm-up walk took me down a couple of blocks and to the corner of an intersection. As the voice told me, "Run now," I smiled and turned the corner. I began to run.
There was no music pumping through my iPod as my feet padded down the empty street. The silence of the early morning and the quiet presence of God were my only companions. A lengthy span of level ground stretched out before me, and I fixed my eyes upon a distant stop sign. After 30 seconds of running, the voice in my ear told me, "Walk now."
"Already?" I thought, pleased. "That was fast. I am not even winded yet." I was still far from the stop sign I had set as my visual goal, but the voice told me to walk, and I obeyed it. I ran and walked alternately two more times before reaching the sign and turning another corner.
"Run now." What if God is like the voice in my ear? I choose to run with him. I commit to a training program and set aside time and space to listen and obey. I choose the route my steps take today, but I listen for that voice to tell me when to run and when to walk. I don't have a clock, so I'm not sure when I will hear another command. I just trust in the program and keep running or walking until the voice tells me differently. "Run now." I ran.
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