We run here and there. However, are we running and training intentionally for the race of our life, for our eternal salvation.   We should treat our salvation and what God wants as if we are training for a Marathon. You may have only one shot, and the road may be hard, the path may not be clear, there may be storms, and there may be injuries along the way. Plan appropriately to cross the finish line. Your eternal life may count on it.

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