Monday Meditation: a race to run

Wherefore seeing we also are compasses 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, 

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;

who for the joy that was set before him

endured the cross, 

despising the shame,

and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

{Hebrews 12:1-2}

How well am I running the race before me? Am I running with weights on my back? Or have I given all of my burdens to God and let Him take the load? What is my finish line?