 In other words, you're not going to get to be a spiritually mature individual overnight. It takes a little bit of time to study and grow and learn and apply. But the writer went on to say, looking unto Jesus, who is the author and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was said before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is now sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. So there is an athletic metaphor for us to run the race that is said before us.