Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, a physics professor at the University of Texas, wrote a book about the physics of NASCAR racing, and for her research she was given the opportunity to drive a NASCAR racer on the 1.5 mile track of the Texas Motor Speedway. With an instructor in the passenger seat, she drove the car at speeds up to 150 m.p.h. It was while accelerating to get up to that speed that the author learned an interesting lesson about race cars. She writes:
We trundled down pit road, and when Paul motioned, I pressed the clutch, shifted into third, then released the clutch and stepped on the gas…. A NASCAR engine is optimized for speed, so when you're puttering along at 100 m.p.h., it chugs uncomfortably. The solution is to go faster.
So, you get the picture. The author is driving the car at 100 m.p.h., but the car is chugging roughly like a locomotive. What's the matter with this car? It doesn't feel like it's designed for speed because it can't go even 100 m.p.h. without running roughly. But that's just it. The car is designed for higher speed! The solution to a chugging race car is not to slow down—but to go faster! This baby is designed to blister the asphalt.
Things run best when used as they were designed. You were designed to live fully for God. If you live halfway for God, you will feel like you're driving a racecar with a chugging engine. Your soul just won't feel right. The answer is to "go faster." You need to commit yourself and everything about you fully to the Lord.