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In \u201cThe Starting Line\u201d, Rodney shares that you can\u2019t win a race if you don\u2019t ever leave the starting line. God has called us to leave the starting line and run for the goal he has set before us. The early church didn\u2019t stay at the starting line, they ran with the purpose and commission Jesus had given them. Because of the work of Jesus on the cross, and his subsequent resurrection, all authority has been given to him on earth and in heaven. Now, Christ-followers are to live with the delegated authority given to us by Jesus Christ. We, the Church, have been given delegated authority, and power in the name of Jesus Christ to do the will, and works of God. Our Christian duty is to go and make disciples of all nations. Jesus promises his followers they can be assured that when they obey his command to go share the message of Christ that he will be with them always. No one wins a race at the starting line. It is only when we leave the starting line, when we go and fulfill the command of Jesus to make disciples that we win the race the Lord has set before us.