Hey guys, Just wanna share this video with you. A very familiar story but a powerful reminder.
It is about a man named John Stephen Akhwari who was a tanzanian. He was a runner in the Olympics in year 1968. What happened was that he had fell terribly in the early phase of the race, injuring the right side of his body, and very obviously could not compete for a medal.
As he ran and entered the stadium, a rising roar of the spectators began. He still had to make a last 400m around the entire stadium track before he could reach the finish line. On his face was no longer the grimace and anguish.
It was just sheer determination, mixed with bone deep fatigue of putting up with the pain of a marathon, and pain of flesh hanging off bones. Shoes and sock all bloodied from the accident and running on the road.
Rather than quitting, a voice within him told him to keep on running. Finally, 2 hours later, he finished the race and crossed the line. He was the last to finish, but the competition had won him the title of 'a King without a crown'.
After the whole marathon, the reporter asked him. ' Why did you still continue to run when you actually had a bad fall right at the beginning?'. And he simply answered,
'My country did not send me 5000 miles to enter the race,
but my country sent me 5000 miles to finish the race.'
****************************************************************************** I was very impacted by this video I saw and how it reflected our walk with God. God didn't save you just to enter the race, but he sent us to finish the race for him.
Clement's msn nick "fight the good fight" reminded me about never falling out of the race no matter what. No one said it best than paul said it in 1 Timothy 4:7 : "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
W519 you're not alone! Along with God, counting on his strength & spirit, Lets persevere, endure and presss on together as a cell group! You're called to greatness! Believing in you! (:
