Chariots of Fire

"Chariots of Fire"

Scripture Reading:
Matthew 5:41 (HCSB) And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

Devotional Reading:

In our culture of over-achievers, we tend to focus on going farther…on going the second mile. And Jesus clearly said we are to be willing to do that. But to begin the second mile, we must complete the first. We must be ordinary before we can hope to be excellent. A south California track meet was a showcase for a young athlete expected to shatter the state record in the mile. She was the race…no one else could come close to her in ability. No one in the packed stands gave a glance toward the pale, scrawny girl lined up on the outside. She was nobody special… nothing to notice. The gun sounded. As expected, the star runner looped the track like a sprinter, pulling away from the pack with yards to spare. As she broke the tape, the crowd roared. Another runner finished second…then third…then fourth. The loudspeaker announced the winner’s time, a new state record. But the race wasn’t over. One runner was struggling for the finish line all alone. When she crossed it, she collapsed, gasping for breath. When coaches rushed over to lift her up, one of them chided her for running: “What were you thinking? You’re no miler, and this is a championship race. You couldn’t hope to win.” “Sir,” she said, “we had us a girl who could run the mile, but she took sick. Coach asked me to run in her place. She didn’t send me down here to win…she sent me down here to run a mile, and Mister, I ran a mile.”

Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20