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4179 Set the Pace for Your Daily Race

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Release Date: 09/08/2026

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Have you ever watched a tennis match and noticed the winner isn't always the one hitting the hardest? Sometimes it's the one who knows when to slow down, when to push forward, and when to reset between points. With the US Open in full swing right now, there's no better time to be reminded that the way we approach our daily lives mirrors what's happening on those courts in Flushing Meadows. It's time to set the pace for your daily race — not someone else's, not the world's, but the one God specifically designed for you. Tennis is a game of rhythm. Every elite player has a routine between...

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Have you ever watched a tennis match and noticed the winner isn't always the one hitting the hardest? Sometimes it's the one who knows when to slow down, when to push forward, and when to reset between points. With the US Open in full swing right now, there's no better time to be reminded that the way we approach our daily lives mirrors what's happening on those courts in Flushing Meadows. It's time to set the pace for your daily race — not someone else's, not the world's, but the one God specifically designed for you.

Tennis is a game of rhythm. Every elite player has a routine between points — a breath, a bounce of the ball, a moment of stillness before the next serve. That rhythm isn't random. It's intentional. It's how they stay grounded when the crowd is roaring, and the scoreboard isn't in their favor.

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And your life works the same way. When you wake up each morning, you have a choice: let the chaos of the day dictate your tempo, or set your own pace before your feet even hit the floor.

Proverbs 16:9 tells us, "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps."

There's such beauty in that truth. You get to plan. You get to prepare. You get to set your pace. But it's God who directs the outcome. That takes the pressure off, doesn't it? You don't have to sprint through every hour trying to control every result. You just have to show up, stay in the rally, and trust that He's ordering your steps even when the match feels like it's slipping away.

As I was watching the finals of Round 16,  Swiatek vs. Zheng had a very interesting start to their match. Swiatek started out strong with Zheng falling behind to the point of 5 - 1 respectively.

But it was a moment when Swiatek was serving for the match, and Zheng broke back, again and again and again. Soon, with games in totaling 6 in a row; Zheng took the first set.

In a brief moment, the entire match shifted.

What I love about watching competitors at this level is that they've learned something most of us are still wrestling with — you cannot win every single point. You're going to double-fault. You're going to send one wide.

But the champions don't let one lost point become a lost game, and they don't let a lost set become a lost match. They reset. They breathe. They refocus. And then they step back up to the line.

The K.I.S.S. ~ Set the pace for your daily race!

How many of us lose one "point" in our day — a sharp word with our spouse, a missed deadline, a moment of impatience with our kids — and suddenly we've written the whole day off? We tell ourselves, "Well, today's ruined. I'll try again tomorrow."

But that's not how pacing works. Pacing means you give yourself grace in the moment, recalibrate, and keep going.

Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us that His mercies are new every morning — but I believe they're also new every moment. You don't have to wait for a new day to start fresh. You can start fresh right now, in this very breath.

Setting your pace also means knowing what drains you and what fuels you. A tennis player knows exactly how to manage energy across a five-set match. She's not going to give everything she has in the first game and have nothing left for the third set. She's strategic. She conserves where she can so she can pour out where it matters most. Y

our life needs that same wisdom. Not every email needs an immediate response. Not every invitation needs a yes. Not every battle needs your energy today. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is hold steady, stay in position, and wait for the right moment to swing.

Paul understood this when he wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:24, "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."

He wasn't talking about beating everyone around you. He was talking about running with purpose, with discipline, with intention. Your daily race isn't against your neighbor or your coworker or that woman on social media whose life looks like a highlight reel. Your race is between you and the woman God is calling you to become. And you get to set the pace.

So this week, as the US Open crowns its champions and the world watches athletes push themselves to the edge of what's possible, let it be a reminder.

You are also in a match. Your court might be your kitchen table, your office desk, or the carpool lane — but it's yours. Own it. Set the rhythm. Breathe between the points. And trust that the God who placed you in this race has already equipped you to finish it well.

"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"

 

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Music by Mandisa - Overcomer

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Song ID: 68209
Song Title: Overcomer
Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia
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