Topics:<\/b> Christlikeness; Maturity; Perseverance; Planning; Spiritual Growth<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Luke 14:27\u201331; Romans 8:29; Philippians 3:7\u201316<\/p>\n
When I first ran track in prep school, my coach invited me to his home for dinner. After the meal, he pulled out a notebook with my name on the front cover. He turned to the back page, which bore the heading \u201cJune 1957\u201d\u2014three and a half years away.<\/p>\n
\u201cGordon, these are the races I\u2019m going to schedule you to run about four years from now. Here are the times you will achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at those times. They were light-years away from where I was as a runner. Then Coach began turning back the pages of that book, page by page, showing the forty-two months he had scheduled for workouts. These were the graduated, accelerated plans for my increasing skill on the track in the coming months.<\/p>\n
Coaches and other leaders know the necessity of strategic, long-range planning. Similarly, a wise and all-knowing God has a plan for our lives, as down through the years we gradually become more like Jesus.<\/p>\n
\u2014Gordon MacDonald, from a message delivered at the Promise Keepers \u201cGo the Distance\u201d conference (August 11, 2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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