The author of Hebrews draws on the imagery of a runner in this chapter to show the kind of perseverance and endurance that will be required on our part to successfully follow Christ. This will be no light jog or easy morning run—and will be further complicated by the fact that we won’t necessarily know the twists and turns along the way. We won’t always know how rugged the road will be or even how far we will have to travel until we reach the end. But what we do have are