Jeremiah chapter 12

If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against Horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?

You know school has started, and lessons and assignments and tests are coming up! So many new things to learn... and I've just started to lose confidence... confidence to do well, to do very well! Maybe a pass.. maybe just above average will do? and this is what God tells me, that if racing against mere men makes me tired, how will I race against horses... you know the only person in the bible, who raced against horses was Elijah...

Elijah tightened up his girdle, and ran the whole way in front of the chariot. 1 Kings 18.46.

In Isaiah, it says,
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

You know where my strength comes from? From my hope in God. Shouldn't I hope all the more after what God has done for me, and just because I know I'm in His promises? You see both verses talk of running, one talks of hoping on God, that renews your strength. The other talks of racing against men, which drains your strength... You know what? I don't have to compare with others, to race against the people around me, all I have to do have the hope that God will guide me step by step in this race... I get my strength from hoping in God.

and I've crossed the River... it was the easy part :) the thickets near the Jordan river... entering the promises of God doesn't mean that it's always an open ground... sometimes there are barriers that I need to pass. Know what a thicket is? It's a densed undergrowth of plants. God tells me that there'd be barriers, but that's why all the more I need to rely on Him... you see, I need to have my foundations in God alone... lay it on a firm foundation, so I won't stumble and fall in the the thickets.

wanna do what God wants me to do... a step... a step at a time.