1 Corinthians 2:14
"But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
"But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
Jean-Claude Killy was part of the French national ski team in the early 1960s and he prepared to work harder than anyone else to be the best. At the crack of dawn he would run up the slopes with his skis on, an unbelievably grueling activity. In the evening he would lift weights, run sprints--anything to get an edge. But the other team members were working as hard and long as he was. He realized instinctively that simply training harder would never be enough. Killy then began challenging the basic theories of racing technique. Each week he would try something different to see if he could find a better, faster way down the mountain. His experiments resulted in a new style that was almost exactly opposite the accepted technique of the time. It involved skiing with his legs apart (not together) for better balance and sitting back (not forward) on the skis when he came to a turn. He also used ski poles in an unorthodox way--to propel himself as he skied. The explosive new style helped cut Killy's racing times dramatically. In 1966 and 1967 he captured virtually every major skiing trophy. The next year he won three gold medals in the Winter Olympics, a record in ski racing that has never been topped.
A study was done of famous and exceptionally gifted people to understand what produced such greatness. The most outstanding fact was that virtually all of them, 392 out of 413, had to overcome very difficult obstacles in order to become who they were. They were people who would not allow their situations to box them in and limit what they could accomplish.
Hudson Taylor, the great man of faith who founded the China Inland Mission, integrated faith and risk. He said, ''Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.''
A study was done of famous and exceptionally gifted people to understand what produced such greatness. The most outstanding fact was that virtually all of them, 392 out of 413, had to overcome very difficult obstacles in order to become who they were. They were people who would not allow their situations to box them in and limit what they could accomplish.
Hudson Taylor, the great man of faith who founded the China Inland Mission, integrated faith and risk. He said, ''Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.''
I remember this paper hand game from grade school (see image above). We girls played it all the time to see who we would marry, and how many children we would have. Looking back it was probably not very godly, and who knows where it came from? But, never the less in middle school we spent all of recess playing this silly game. Life however, is not a game. There are no chances. There are choices. I choose to believe in miracles. I choose to believe that God hears my prayers and answers them, so I choose to pray. I make miracles happen because I expect them and obey the word of God. I lay hands on the sick and they recover! You can too.
ACTION STEP: Make the choice to serve God and obey His word. Take time to listen to this song, let it feed your faith. If it doesn't show up in your email, watch it in your browser, or click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwX1f2gYKZ4
MAKE A GREAT DAY!
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