Acts 20:24
"But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God."
Last Saturday, I watched the Kentucky Derby with my wife Laurie. This is her favorite sporting event to watch on tv. We have been watching the race ever since we have known each other because she is a huge horse lover in general. We both love this race because it is the most exciting two minutes in all of sports because for those two minutes the horses give everything they have to the jockey to try to win the race. In my mind though, one horse stood out among the crowd of horses last Saturday. No, it wasn't the winner Big Brown. It was the runner-up Eight Belles. She was the only philly (girl) in the race with 19 other colts (boys). As some of you may or may not know, Eight Belles did finish second but broke both of her front ankles after she crossed the finish line. This meant that she had to be euthanized on the spot because that type of injury to a horse is almost always deadly. So I started thinking about Acts 20:24 and how it relates to Eight Belles. She did the work assigned to her by the jockey and trainer. She finished the race and then gave her life up for the cause. How amazing is that?
I hope I can be like Eight Belles. That I would consider my life useless unless I use it to do the work I am assigned to do by Jesus Christ which is to spread the Good News to the world in some form or fashion.
"But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God."
Last Saturday, I watched the Kentucky Derby with my wife Laurie. This is her favorite sporting event to watch on tv. We have been watching the race ever since we have known each other because she is a huge horse lover in general. We both love this race because it is the most exciting two minutes in all of sports because for those two minutes the horses give everything they have to the jockey to try to win the race. In my mind though, one horse stood out among the crowd of horses last Saturday. No, it wasn't the winner Big Brown. It was the runner-up Eight Belles. She was the only philly (girl) in the race with 19 other colts (boys). As some of you may or may not know, Eight Belles did finish second but broke both of her front ankles after she crossed the finish line. This meant that she had to be euthanized on the spot because that type of injury to a horse is almost always deadly. So I started thinking about Acts 20:24 and how it relates to Eight Belles. She did the work assigned to her by the jockey and trainer. She finished the race and then gave her life up for the cause. How amazing is that?
I hope I can be like Eight Belles. That I would consider my life useless unless I use it to do the work I am assigned to do by Jesus Christ which is to spread the Good News to the world in some form or fashion.
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Nice post John! Very true.
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