PERSPECTIVES FROM
DAVID’S 7 SECRETS
Chapter Two,
“Sit at God’s Round Table” p. 27
RUN TO WIN
In 2016, we
are in an Olympic summer. In August,
athletes from all over the world will fly to Rio de Janeiro to compete in the
XXXIst Olympiad. 1988 was also an
Olympic summer and George H.W. Bush was running for President as the Republican
nominee. And appropriately, the Continentals theme was "RUN TO WIN".
Our T-shirt that summer had five contemporary designed runners with big red printing
across the front saying, “Run to Win” I Cor. 9:24. I still have one and actually wore it this
morning at tennis!
George H.W.
Bush also had one and he wore it everywhere that fall. There were pictures of him wearing that shirt
in newspapers and magazines, so we framed one that hung in the Continental
office for a long time.
In 1 Cor.
9:24 Paul said, “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!”
George H.W.
Bush did and he won the prize and became the 41st President of the
United States.
We sang a
Twila Paris song that year called “Runner”
RUNNER
Courier
valiant, bearing the flame
Messenger
Noble, sent in His name
Faster and
harder, run through the night
Desperate
relay, carry the light, carry the light
Runner, when
the road is long
Feel like
giving in, but you’re hanging on
Oh runner,
when the race is won
You will run
into His arms.
Hanging on
is sometimes the tough part. Many of the
most successful people in the world faced impossible situations and found a way
to keep going. Dale Carnegie said, “Most
of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept
on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
Paul’s prize
was winning people to the Gospel of Christ.
He was shipwrecked, beaten and lashed, he was stoned, and when people
rose up against him and threw him in prison, he still found a way to keep on
running. He had a determined goal to run
the race and win.
At the end
of his life he wrote in 2 Timothy 4:7. “I have fought the good fight, I have
finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
So what
about us, you and me?
Are we running to
win? If some days you feel like you are
treading water like I do, start asking God for some really big scuba fins. Today’s world needs us runners as Ambassadors
for the Lord more than ever.
But if you
do decide to really get in the race…
RUN TO WIN…
you may enjoy listening to the song Runner
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