Pacing

For about the past year or so I’ve really gotten into running.  Before that, I hated it.  I use to hate it because I didn’t know anything about pacing.  I hit the road or trail like a bat out of hell only to find myself gassed less than a mile into it… and then a veteran runner gave me some advice.  He told me I should be able to keep a minimal conversation going while running.  That little bit of advice changed everything.

Now, I love to run.  It’s therapeutic and rejuvenating not to mention good for me.  But pacing goes a lot further than just dealing with running.  Pacing if not applied to living leaves us sprinting resulting in exhaustion!  If we don’t learn to pace our days, our schedules, commitments and responsibilities we’ll find ourselves barely making it from day to day.  We’ll end one day just praying to have the energy for the next… and that’s not living, that’s surviving.

For me, I had to start paring down some commitments, saying “no” and being more intentional about scheduling my calendar so my calendar didn’t start scheduling me.  This life we live is a race.  A race we need to find the right pace for so we can run strong.  Consider the good and bad things that weigh you down and prevent you from running the race you’ve been called to run.  And then, begin to experience the Spirit infused endurance that frees you to set your pace to Jesus (Heb 12:1-2).

walk on,

Pastor Andrew