09/08/2024
OLYMPICS 2024
I have learnt some valuable lessons- spritually, personally and as an administrator.
The third lesson, I want to share which is very profound is the 200m male race.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 summarized- the race is not for the swift nor the strong but for those who can endure to the end (patience and endurance).
Based on the performances of Lyles, it was expected that he would have been the champion for the 200m. He has boasting about this all season long, doubling up gold, etc. His antics made it no easier when he was supposed to walk out to his lane, he was so confident he sprang up, jumped, twirled everything that was funny. He was about to win.
The rest of the field was quiet, little did he or anyone of us knew that a young man from Botswana would win. Do you remember the story of David and Goliath? Pretty much the same.
James 4:10 summarized- humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and He shall lift you up.
Moral: Do not become distracted by the noise in the market, focus on the price. In life, people will perform tactics, say things aimed to make us feel coward and useless and change people's perception about us. The devil will perform tactics to distract us on our spirtual walk and make us feel that God is not with us.
Loud and arrogant does not equal to winning, there is an unwritten principle about humility. Let people talk and carry on, just place ourselves under the hands of the Lord and establish our ways before Him.
HE that is with us, is mightier than THEY against us!