In the above verse, the cloud of witness refers to other men and women of God around us. With that the bible says though they are around us we should RUN OUR RACE LOOKING UNTO JESUS. But are we “looking unto Jesus” or those people, who are set before us by God as a witness of leading a spiritual life? We mostly tend to go after them, hoping spiritual growth through them, following them in their race. So if we are lacking any blessing, we may get help through them but God wants us to directly look unto Him. As the verse clearly asks us to lay aside our every weight, i.e our worries, sorrows, anxieties and fears, and all our sins to look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who is faithful enough to lead us in faith.
