Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, - Hebrews 12:1
The race is not give to the swift, nor to the strong, but to those who endures until the end.
The joy in running this Christian race is not predicated on what we have but upon whom are serving. The race is easily endured when we let let go of what we want and put on what God requires.