2 Corinthians 5:7 English Standard Version (ESV) for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Hebrews 12:1 English Standard Version

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

What is the difference between walking and running?

Hebrews 11:5 English Standard Version (ESV) By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

Walking by faith is about our relationship with God. We do not outpace God and we hang on every word.

Psalm 19:4-6 English Standard Version

⁴ Their voice^{[There measuring line]} goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
⁵ which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
⁶ Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Running by faith has everything to do with hearing God by faith, responding in obedience of faith and setting the course before us. The footnote was added to indicate that our response, our voice of commitment, sets us on that course to run the race.

Galatians 5:7 English Standard Version (ESV) You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

In any endurance race the shear length of the race offers up opportunities to get tripped up. In those cases the Spirit of Truth offers up course corrections.

Habakkuk 2:2-3 English Standard Version

The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith

² And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
³ For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

Have we ever planned something with the intent of obedience of faith? We hear God, we believe God, we move to do God’s bidding and the world rebels at our effort? Worldly people are rebellious people and oppose God’s plans. They neither believe nor obey and when they see us moving to obey God, they do things which hinder our efforts.

That should not be a reason to doubt God.

Often the rebellious nature of worldly people can create impatience in us because we are human and we want to get on with obeying God. Any delay in forward progress can cause impatience to increase in us without just cause. We should expect the world to resist us. If we are truly following God’s instructions, it is to be expected. If we cannot calm ourselves at the first obstacle, impatience grows and even when that first obstacle is removed, the impatience remains.

We must not allow impatience to be an obstacle in believing God and moving forward in faith.

May this word of the Lord help us all believe, trust, and be patient.

Habakkuk wrote in 2:2 so he may run who reads it.