Run the Rep You're In

As I began my first workout of the season, I felt mentally fresh and ready to dive back into training. My relatively out of shape self soon felt the burden of each lap around the track. I started to get overwhelmed by the reps that I had yet to run, thinking about each interval and minute that would soon suck my strength. 

With no accountability but my own integrity and the Lord as a witness, my weak mind started to bend. The little voice in the back of my head said, "You can cut it short..." I kept running each lap, giving myself a pep talk during each interval of repetition. Then, I heard the Lord speak to my heart: "Run the rep you're in." I don't need to be overwhelmed by what is ahead of me when I simply need to focus on what is front of me at the moment, step by step. 

How often I need to hear something similar each morning when I wake up: "Focus on today. I will give you the strength to move in and through it." It is easy to get caught up in what is ahead of me whether it be tomorrow, next week, next month or five years from now. Don't get me wrong... It is important to prepare your heart and mind, but feeling anxious about the unknown is not a God-fearing response. Just like in the workout, I can look back and know that God has brought me to this point and he will continue to make a way for all that I have yet to encounter. I can trust him to give me what I need for the season and situation that I am currently in. 

So today, "run the rep you are in." Don't be overwhelmed by what is ahead, but remember God's past provision and thank him for each moment of grace he will give you.