Run Unleashed

A Few More Things I've Learned From A Two-Year-Old

Kyra knows how to run. 

She runs just to run, not worrying about the consequences. She sees a place to run and she runs, not necessarily with any goal in sight. She runs for the joy of running. She runs with joy overflowing. 

Like Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire, “When I run I feel God’s pleasure.” I think Kyra feels the pleasure of God when she runs. She may not be aware of it, but she enjoys running. 

Hebrews 12:1-2

You don’t even have to say ‘run’ to Kyra; just give her a little open space and she is into the wind, grinning and enjoying the thrill of feeling the wind blowing through her hair. This picture is an excellent example of what it means for Kyra to Run Unleashed.

I do believe that God wants us to Run Unleashed in this world. We let so many things pull us down, slow us down, thwart the joy of being alive in the world.

God created us to enjoy this world.

I encountered ‘Run Unleashed’ as I was on my way to a mountain top in Hong Kong to seek The Lord. 

It’s not unusual to have to go through a shopping mall to get somewhere in Hong Kong. And that is what I was doing on my way to the mountain. As I passed through I saw these words painted across the window of a sporting goods store - Run Unleashed.

It was in big, bold letters and almost as if the words were forcing themselves into my range, as if to say ‘Don’t miss this.’

I was going to the mountain top to meet with God and He sent me a very clear message on the way.

Just a quick aside here - Don’t miss something of The Lord because it appears in a place where you weren’t looking for it, or where you’d never expect to find it.  Stay in tune with the Holy Spirit and He will show you great and mighty things.

So, one very clear message that I received that day was to go all out. Run the race expecting to win the crown.  No one ever enters a race to finish last; or even second for that matter. Every runner wants to take home the gold medal.

That is the way it should be in life for us. We should strive to go for the gold in God’s Kingdom.  That is the race that matters the most.

So, like my sweet Kyra, run for the joy of it all. 

Run Unleashed.