The writer of Hebrews exhorts strong believers to help encourage and direct their weaker brothers and sisters in running the race God has set before them. We do so by pursuing peace and pursuing holiness, armed with the knowledge that our sovereign God is with us and for us in our difficulties. Once a believer settles the matter of God’s sovereignty in their heart – they are going to look at running their race in a new and provocative way – and they are going to be a source of tremendous strength in the body of Christ! Get your Word on with us and deal a crushing blow to the root of bitterness that so easily springs up within us – when we don’t know what God’s up to in our troubles. If we continue in His word, we will know the truth, and the truth will set us free!