21 Days of Prayer – Make Room for Others

Hey everybody, welcome to day 15 of the 21 Days of Prayer.

Haley here.

Today we're talking about making room for others.

Today's key passage comes from John 15, 12 through 13.

It says, This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone laid down his life for his friends.

Let's set the scene.

Faith Kapyogan goes to break the four-minute mile, a crazy feat.

Watching the clip of her sprinting down the track is absolutely insane, but even more inspiring is watching her pacers.

If you haven't seen it yet, pause right now and go watch it.

Search Faith Kipyogan breaking for.

They were there to support, assist, encourage, and uplift.

She had a squad at the front, side, and back, surrounding her in an inspiring bubble of pure athleticism and friendship.

It didn't matter their own breakthrough and holding the pace because they were not running for themselves.

They were running for Faith.

So they pushed faster and held formation to push her forward.

They trained hard so Faith could fly.

It was an act of selflessness, support, and encouragement.

Faith did not break the four-minute mile, but it didn't even matter.

She attempted what hadn't been done before, and her paces were absolutely besides themselves with excitement.

They knew that Faith attempting the four would lead to more attempts.

They knew that what she did would pave the way for someone to one day beat the four-minute mile, and they couldn't believe they got to be a part of the journey.

What would it look like if we made way and pushed hard, not for the betterment of ourselves, but for the betterment of others?

What would that shift look like if we ran this race called life in such a way to ensure that someone else could cross the finish line?

Love costs us something.

It should move us to action.

In John 15, it shows us that to love is sacrifice.

To love as Jesus loved requires putting down our own needs and wants and picking up the needs and wants of another.

May we be like the pacers, using our strength, ability, and talents to fully and joyfully support one another.

May we not obsess over the event or the moment, but over people.

May we train hard not for our own victory, but for the victory of others.

The pacers had one goal to get faith across the finish line, and nothing was going to stop them from accomplishing that.

Who has God placed in your life that you can celebrate, support, push, encourage, uplift, and love?

May you train hard for someone else to fly.

Let's pray.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for showing me what it looks like to love without limits, to see others and be moved to action.

Help me to love others the way you loved me.

Thank you for being the perfect example.

Put people in my path that I can love and encourage.

Train my heart to love others without restraint.

In your name we pray.

Amen.

Thank you so much for joining us today.

Can't wait to see what we have in store for tomorrow.