Running the Wrong Course
The race was a 13.1 mile half marathon in Bangalore, India. In this year’s race, there were three men who were top contenders to win. But, these three men were following the guide car when it missed the turn and led the runners 2 1/2 miles in the wrong direction!
By the time they all learned the error, it was too late. They admitted they noticed the crowds were thinning and then they noticed they were running through a neighborhood. All they could do was borrow money from some bystanders and buy some train tickets to go to the finish line. The sponsors could simply apologize and these men will have to wait until next year to finish the race.
How often it is that in religion, we are following the wrong guide! Men can be deceived and they can deceive themselves so easily. “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Proverbs 14:12). The guide car was wrong. It makes you wonder why the crowds standing around did not cry out and tell the men they were going in the wrong direction! Maybe they did but the runners (and guide car) was so convinced they were right that they ignored the crowds of people!
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The apostle Paul wrote that in the Christian race, “Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified” (1 Cor. 9:24-27).
Paul kept his eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2), not a mere man. We’ve got to focus our hearts and minds on the Truth as it is revealed in the New Testament. Do not listen to the crowds. Do not follow your preacher. Study the Word yourself and make sure you are on the right course.
–Paul Holland
