I remember the first time I saw a guy running with a parachute attached to his back. It was a small chute that hooked up to a belt that was around his waist. He was running wind sprints on the football field.
Like weight lifting… running against resistance pushes your limits… which builds strength and stamina and speed. So that when you have to run without the chute… you can go faster… and longer.
It is no different in the race we run.
God often tests us and tries us to stretch us… to push our limits. Because He is the Perfecter of our faith.
Why… because He loves us… would never give up on us… and wants desperately to use us.
He has a purpose and His plan is for us to be effective in that purpose.
He never tests us above which we are able (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Because in our weakness… His strength can be made perfect. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
If you are trying your best… if you are running the race… if you feel like there is resistance…
Maybe Jesus put a chute on you. Maybe He did it to make you faster… stronger… and more able to endure.
We are His children. He will train us.
And we will be victorious.
SDG
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