How will we run?

As we enter 2020, I am thankful for the last year and decade.  Now the question before all of us as we enter this new year and decade is how will we run for Jesus?  Paul encourages us to race purposefully, not aimlessly or halfheartedly. He wanted to gain a prize at the judgment seat of Christ. To use a different figure to make the same point, he did not throw wild punches but sought to make every punch score. Christian service is not just activity. It is activity focused on a target, namely, the building of the church and the defeat of the enemy who wants to destroy people. It is the work of the gospel.  So, how will we run for Jesus?