There’s this amazing short video going around Facebook. It’s one of those that seems just to pop-up without searching for it. It looks like high school girls. Whatever their age, they are running a hurdles race in track. When they get to the second hurdle, the young lady in first place trips and falls. The rest of the field continues on. Incredibly, she gets up, kicks it into the gear, and finishes the race. But that’s not what’s incredible. What’s incredible is that, not only did she finish the race, she won the race. She actually passed every girl on the track and won the race. I’m sure if you search for it, you can find it. It’s only about 15 seconds long. But worth watching.
I love the life lesson that’s being put out there in that video. I’m sure you know what it is. And, the video goes hand-in-hand with something that my wife brought back from a Women’s Retreat. One of the notes that she took during one of the speakers simply says this: “You win as long as you don’t quit.” The young lady in the race definitely didn’t quit. She got up, continued on, and won the race. She didn’t quit. She had every reason to. But she didn’t. And she won. We can all learn from this in our every day lives. Because we are all going to see struggles. Obstacles. Hurdles in our way. And we can all learn from this and apply it to our faith.
The world will try to defeat us. Crush us. Destroy us. So remember this, Satan is of the world. Therefore he is in it. And therefore, he is going to put hurdles in our way. He is going to do all that he can to bring us down. To stop us. To keep us from moving forward. He is going to do all he can to keep us from finishing the race. I always call him the great deceiver. The great liar. The snake. Because those are accurate descriptions of who he is. Of what he represents. So today, when he comes at you, when he puts hurdles in your way, don’t lose track of where you are headed. Don’t let him knock you down, and keep you down. Know that Jesus has paved the path for us. He has already declared victory for us. We must keep the faith. Keep our eyes on him. If we do this, we win. We win! Read it again…We win!
