ODB: Win or Lose
March 1, 2011
In every change He faithful will remain. —Katharina von Schlegel
READ: 2 Timothy 4:1-8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. —2 Timothy 4:7
During the 2009 college football season, University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy began every post-game interview by thanking God for the opportunity to play. When he was injured early in the national championship game, he was forced to watch from the sidelines as his team lost.
After the game, he told a television reporter, "I'd have given everything I have to be out there with my team... I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life and I know that if nothing else, I'm standing on the Rock."
The apostle Paul experienced God’s deliverance many times, but he didn’t insist on things going his way. From prison in Rome he wrote to Timothy: “I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand” (2 Tim. 4:6). Some might say that Paul had failed to accomplish his goals and that his life was ending in defeat. But he saw it differently: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (v.7). He looked forward to an eternal crown (v.8).
As we walk with God, we can praise Him for His faithfulness—win or lose.
— David C. McCasland
Source: Our Daily Bread
Tweet This
Share on Facebook
Digg This
Save to delicious
Stumble it-
RSS Feed
Related
Faith Healers—Faithful or Healers?
By Tracy Phua, 23, Singapore “Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please! Do you wake every morning in shame and despair to discover your pillow is covered with hair?” sings young Todd in one of my favorite songs of all time, Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir by Stephen Sondheim from the 2007 box office hit [...]
ODB: both near and far
August 27, 2010 READ: Matthew 15:7-20 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way. —Psalm 119:37 Everything was quiet in our yard. While I worked at the patio table, our dog, Maggie, lay nearby in the grass. A slight rustling of dry leaves changed everything. Maggie made her [...]
walk the walk
July 24, 2009 READ: 1 Timothy 4:6-16 Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. —1 Timothy 4:12 The preacher was speaking tongue-in-cheek when he complained, “My wife is absolutely unreasonable. She actually expects me to live everything I preach!” It’s so much easier to [...]
ODB: God loveth adverbs
January 7, 2010 READ: Colossians 3:8-17 But we have the mind of Christ. —1 Corinthians 2:16 The Puritans wisely sought to connect all of life to its source in God, bringing the two worlds together rather than dividing them into sacred and secular. They had a saying, “God loveth adverbs; and careth not how good, [...]
Christian Courses
Day Of Discovery
Discover The Word
Discovery Series
Help For My Life
My Utmost For His Highest
Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Journey
RBC Ministries
WarungSateKaMu
Manasociety
雅米