"You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?" (Gal. 5:7)

The Galatian Christians had started the race well but had not continued. There are many hindrances to running the Christian race well. Satan hinders the sinner from becoming a Christian, and the Christian from living a faithful, consecrated life. We will be judged in the last day on the basis of our success in overcoming the hindrances. Let us lay aside all encumbrances, leave every sinful vice, and run with patience the race that is set before us.