Hitting The Wall

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

My friend Kylie is a marathon runner. She has told me that, without exception, she hits “the invisible wall” (a condition of sudden fatigue and loss of energy) in every single race she runs. No matter how much she trains and even though she knows the moment is coming, hitting that wall is never any less painful than when she hit it before. Having run more than a dozen marathons, though, Kylie now knows that if she just keeps running, she will get past that wall.

Maybe you’ve hit the wall in your journey of faith. Suddenly—and for whatever reasons—you don’t feel that you can go on. I want to encourage you to keep going with small steps. You don’t always have to be charging forward at a hundred miles an hour, and you don’t need to set your sights on conquering the next hill.

Instead, just take the next little step, even if it’s a shuffle. Sometimes all you can do is place one foot in front of the other, and let that be okay. Let God carry you. He is already close by your side.

Thank You, Lord, that when I hit a wall, I just need to put one foot in front of the other and be carried by You. You have unlimited grace for me.