This morning as I was leaving my neighborhood I was confronted by about 1000 people running a marathon on the main artery in my neighborhood.  It literally took me 15 minutes to travel 1 mile and I was driving the opposite direction from where they were running.  As I drove that mile not only did I pass almost 1000 people but I also passed bunches of my neighbors out on the street watching, and cops who had blocked the roadway in certain places to facilitate the runners and for some reason I wondered why are they running…is this for real.  Then I passed one of those stations where the runners get water and as I passed I realized…’Oh man, this is an official race’.  Only at that moment did it cross my mind to call my wife and tell her about it and suggest she bring the kids out to watch.

What about two 8 ft tables with people handing out water made me realize this race is official: it was the cups the runners were handed.  The workers were handing out the green Gatorade cups.  Now…I have not watched any marathons, never watched the tour de France but I know all official long races give their participants something to drink in green Gatorade cups.

It made me wonder….What in our lives makes us know God is real and that He is official?

It does not matter what your answer is.  Whatever makes Him official for you and causes you to believe in Him is between you and Him.  But you should make an effort to know what it is.

Or maybe you are reading this and saying…’I don’t believe’.  Honestly…that OK…but I want to share something with you: ‘God believes in you’.