There’s an incredible story that ESPN did about a young man from the Congo. I’m not going to share with you what happened in case you watch it. What I am going to say is that it is truly amazing and inspiring. ESPN did the story because the young man featured in it is a young wrestler from New York. Dunia is his name. If you haven’t seen it, I have a link about him below. Trust me. The six minutes is worth your time to watch. Without giving away what happens, let me just say it involves a horrific attack when he was younger. Actually, horrific does not describe it enough. Watch it and you’ll see what I mean. But the point of this devotion isn’t about the attack. As I was watching the story, three things stuck out to me: Perseverance. Love. Hearts of servants.
This young man persevered. He persevered out of a situation that was terrible. After the attack, he was the only remaining survivor. Moved on in life to become a wrestler. A successful wrestler. Very inspiring to say the least. Also, his story is a great example of love. He now lives with a family in New York that fell in love with him immediately. Took him in and now care for him. Finally, the hearts I’m talking about are the ones that the doctors and the foundation have. His care was done at no cost. There would’ve been no way that he could’ve covered the expense. Serving others is a tremendous blessing. Having a heart to serve others is a blessing. Not only to those being served, but also to those doing the serving.
Everything here reminds me of Jesus. Reminds me of his life on earth as human. He left his throne to join us. To live a life as a man. He had to persevere through so many things. The obstacles in his path. The hate and anger he endured. Yet, he never wavered. Kept on pushing through. The love he showed those that he came across. Amazing stories. The Bible is full of stories showing examples of his life. And how he preached about loving others. Something that we should all learn from. And I can confidently say that we all agree he had a servant’s heart. Just think about a story in the Bible. Any story. I’m sure you can see the point here. Constantly serving others. Ultimately dying while he was doing what…serving others. Serving us. All three of these are ways that we should live. We should persevere through what the world puts in our way. Never wavering. Staying constant. We should love others. We are even commanded to love our enemies. Difficult to do. Believe me, I know. And we should serve others with open hearts. Putting them above us. Valuing them over ourselves. Once again, I know this can be hard. But we can do it. We can do all of these things with God in our lives. He will lead us, if we let him. Because he loves us. Always has. Always will.
Dunia link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lYBNve6V5F4
