Two weekends ago, Shoreline Drive, an important traffic thoroughfare, was marked as one lane in both directions, set apart by orange cones, to allow participants in a triathlon to run the course. One morning they were on bicycles, the other running. One led by a large distance over the other ones way in the back. I wondered who was running to win and who was running to run.
As you lead as pastor, are you running to win, or running to run? Where do you find the most joy? Winning or running? Where do you find the most faithfulness?