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希伯来书十二章1至3节
1我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，
2仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣（或作：仰望那将真道创始成终的耶稣）。他因那摆在前面的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦难，便坐在神宝座的右边。
3那忍受罪人这样顶撞的，你们要思想，免得疲倦灰心。
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可是，希伯来书的作者却直言，我们应该定睛仰望主耶稣基督。第十一章所列出的连串人物，都是专心信靠神的信心伟人；然而，他们都只是像我们一般的普通人，不能像基督一样成为我们的完美典范。
作者指出，基督徒的人生仿如参加一场竞赛。基督徒不是像游客般四处闲荡，反而却像一个参与朝圣的长跑者，要跑往主耶稣基督那里；而且，在过程中还要变得愈来愈像基督。
这正是每个基督徒的明确目标。这个过程从今生开始，一直要到天堂才到终结。无论称之为竞赛或长大成熟的过程都没有分别，因为目标都在于每天与主同行。神已预定了每个信徒所跑的赛道，任何信徒都没有借口不参与。
我们身上若有任何重担，势必妨碍我们赛跑。重担未必是外加的，反而大多是系于我们的心思意念。我们经常说：「做这件事有甚么问题啊？」但其实，我们应该经常反问：「我若做这件事，或是作这个决定，究竟对我的基督徒生命是有益还是有损？它会帮助我愈来愈像基督，还是妨碍我与基督的关系？」我们若真诚剖析自己的动机，然后作出明智的决定，必然会使我们愈来愈像基督。
反思：
反观本周我的人生竞赛，究竟是后退还是向前？
WHO ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
Hebrews 12:1-3
1Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
Message
One of the easiest things that a Christian can do is to look at other Christians. We compare ourselves with them and then think that we are either better or worse than they are.
But the writer to the Hebrews says straight out that the person we should keep our eyes on is Jesus Christ. The men and women mentioned in chapter 11 are all wonderful people. They all had a great faith in a great God. But they were only human like us and could never be the perfect example that Christ is.
How is our Christian life to be lived? The answer here is that it is like running a race. A Christian is not a tourist wandering around looking at everything. A Christian is a pilgrim and a runner headed toward Jesus Christ or it might be better to say, toward being more and more like Christ.
This is one of the definite purposes in being a Christian. It is a process which begins here on earth but which is only completed in heaven. Call it a race, call it growth, call it maturing, it will always be the same- the need of moving on daily with Christ. No believer is excused from this God appointed activity.
There are weights which will hinder our running. They are not always on the outside because they actually begin in our heart and mind. We often hear it asked 'What is the harm in it?' when really the question ought to be 'Will this thing, this action, this decision help or hinder my Christian life?' Is it something that will help me grow more like Christ or is it something that may come between me and Christ! If we make our decisions in the light of that question, it will help us be more like what we should be for Christ.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
How far have I gone in the Christian race this week?