by

Leo Crocker Rogers

We hear it said, "Get in the saddle." This means to mount up and ride. This means, get out of bed, get off the couch, get out the door.

And while this is good, and it is, it is just overcoming the mode of thinking, "I will wait for the right time, the more convenient time – when someone can accompany me, when I am paid for my effort, when someone will acknowledge my endeavor."

We may think to our self, "What the hey, life is just a race, and I don’t want to compete with those that are cheating to win, betting on the win, borrowing money to win. I do not want to be in the saddle for such a race."

But there is a different race. And in this race, we all win because the race is to know who we are. The only person that can cheat or bet on our life expectancy is we. It is our doing entirely. "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain." I Cor 9:26

To this end, when we saddle up, which we all must do, we need to ride like a jockey. A jockey never sits in the saddle during a race. He is up. He is alert. He is focused.

So when we get saddle up and ride, we need to do so with vigor, and stay out of the saddle.

Jesus lived but 301/2 years. He was always out of the saddle.

He came to teach us not only to ride, but to win our race in knowing who we are.

This season of Christmas, may I see you on the track?

We are all winners if we understand the meaning of Christmas.

Hallelujah!