“Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi” (Read 2 Sam. 18:19-33). Being “…first in his own cause,” does not qualify one before the Judge of all the earth. The king may say to such, “Turn aside and stand here”; while the Sovereign recognizes the one that the overachiever considered to be second best. Our Lord said, “[Many] that are first shall be last.” The same Authority went on to say it is possible that “…the last shall be first.”
John and Peter ran to the tomb with the former arriving first, and “…looking in.” But, though Peter was “runner-up,” he “…went in.” It may seem others are pulling out ahead of you and getting somewhere, only to find when they stand before the King, they got nowhere. Jacob got further with God limping than he ever did running. It’s “the lame,” that take the prey. And then shall come to pass, “The lame shall leap as an hart.”
The hare can outrun the tortoise all the time, but the tortoise can outlast the hare every time.
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