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May 20, 2026    J Calaway

Bold Purpose: Stop Comparing Lanes, Start Running Your Own

“Bold purpose is found when you stop comparing lanes and start running your own with faithfulness.”

THE BIG IDEA

•   God issued you a specific race — not a group bib. Your lane is by divine design.

•   Comparison is not just a confidence problem — it’s a calling problem. You can’t run your race while staring at someone else’s.

•   Faithfulness — not fame — is the bold, countercultural move God rewards.

3 KEY POINTS

•   Your race is marked out for you — Heb. 12:1–2

◦   Run with perseverance, eyes fixed on Jesus — not on who’s ahead of you.

•   Comparison kills the call — Gal. 6:4 & John 21:21–22

◦   Test your own actions. Jesus’ word to Peter: “What is that to you? You follow me.”

•   Faithfulness unlocks purpose — Matt. 25:23

◦   “Well done, good and faithful servant” — God rewards stewardship of the few things, not the big things.

THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE

•   Audit your scroll — who is pulling your eyes off your lane?

•   Name one thing God has placed in your hands and show up faithfully this week.

•   Declare every morning: “My lane is enough. My God is enough. Today, I run MY race.”

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11


Now Go Run and Make Today Count!