Rat Race
We are in a fast paced era, and most will find themselves being involved in the Rat Race in one way or another. The race begins when one is 4 years old, when they are sent to the nursery, language classes, and art classes by their parents. Upon reaching primary school, a person will be shoved into taking tuition classes, music classes and sports. All these extra classes seem rather unfamiliar to the “older” generation (I am glad that I enjoyed my childhood). However it’s the trend of this generation. Only the best survives and the only way to survival is to be the best. I would perceive that as the current saying of this generation. Do you find yourself in the Rat Race? Many of us don’t even realize that we are in the Race. Being in the Race seems to be the norm of the post-modern era. Being in the Race leads us to constantly pushing ourselves further to keep up to its pace. We often tend to focus on the need for the race, on what we will eat (strength to work even harder?), on what we will wear (dress to impress and to raise our popularity?), on where we will stay (home for social status?). The more we focus on it, the more we worry on how to obtain it and one day the desire of wanting all these will eat into our very soul.
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” – Matthew 6 : 26,28
Look at nature. It’s self-sustaining. It’s taken care of. The Creator Himself is caring for it. How much more He will take care of those that He has called His child? Therefore, don’t let the crutches of this world and this generation to have a grip on you. The only way to break out of this norm if you are in it is to Set Your Eyes on Jesus and things that once matters to you will grow strangely dim. The unseen hand is the hands of the Creator of All and He will sustain you. Let us run the race, a different race, a race marked out for us.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” - Hebrews 12: 1-3
The Rat Race is just a race for rats. (we are worth much more than that aren't we?)
From Duck to Swan
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