With olympics on the go my recent feed in social media was filled with athletes and sports. The sprint videos of the Olympics had a chain of replies quoting the retired athlete Usain Bolt and how he won with a huge difference in setting the records in running in the past. While the recent winner Noah Lyle was considered as the winner whose winning was the closest Olympic 100m finish in modern history – just five thousandths of a second separated him from Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who hit the same time of 9.79sec.
Usain Bolt has kept a challenging pace and distance to his fellow sportsmen. Usain is considered the fastest runner in the world. Most of us in our lifetime know very few athletes, and most definitely one among our list is Usain Bolt. All men are flawed, there is no one perfect except our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. As for Usain, let's see what we can learn from him in the field of athletics.
In one of his interviews, he said this: he looks forward to the competition. For him, the training part he goes through every day is more challenging than the competition. Rigorous training is needed for him to take the big steps he takes while running. He says the following: "God gave me a talent and I have worked extremely hard to fulfill this talent."
Isn't that inspiring, my friend?Now, do you want to take big steps? Do you want to lift the name of God like Usain does on the world stage? "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might," says the Bible in Ecclesiastes 9:10. Increase your efforts on your God-given talents. A beautiful Christmas song goes like this: "I play my best for Him, pa rum pa pum pum." Be encouraged, my friend. Train your hands in such a way that you look forward to facing the challenges.
Dear God, help us to work on our God-given talents faithfully and lift Your name high. Strengthen us to achieve great things for Your name. In Jesus' name, we pray, Amen.
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