Zion Clark was on the latest episode of America’s Got Talent. When you get time, try to find him online someplace and watch him. It will be worth doing. Anyways, what he did was pretty incredible. But more incredible is his story. He was born with Caudal Regression Syndrome. This is a very rare condition. Basically, he was born without legs. As tragic as that was, he ended up in an orphanage. Living in that system until the age of 17. He was bullied. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Lived a difficult childhood. It’s hard for me to imagine what that must’ve been like for him. As he got into high school, he began wrestling. And that helped change the course of his life. Because he pressed on. Even after he lost over 200 of his first matches. He kept going. Eventually he became one of the top three wrestlers in the state. Because…he pressed on.
God has a purpose for us all. He has a purpose for our lives. No matter what we are going through. No matter the difficulties. We must press forward. There’s a purpose. Moving forward is a choice that we have. Just as Zion made the choice to move forward. And that is an act of obedience. It’s a way for us to praise God. To rely on God. To trust God. Moving forward is also an act of defiance. Because it’s an act of defiance against Satan. Because he doesn’t want us to move forward. Because it shows that we are not going let him control us. Influence us. He wants to destroy us. Pressing on defeats him.
Trials and conflicts are going to come. Tough seasons are going to come. Remember there’s always going to be a source. Either from inside you. Or from the outside. For Zion it included those that bullied him. Might have actually started from when he was abandoned by his parents. And most likely there were some internal conflicts for a while. Some of us probably can relate. Let’s recognize the sources. And then let’s make the choice to keep moving forward. To keep pressing on. Headed towards the goal that our Lord and Savior has for us. Let’s remember this: When we are at our weakest, that can be when God can be the strongest for us. Nothing is intimidating for our God. Nothing is impossible for him to overcome. He is here for us. Because he loves us. He always has. He always will.
