Yesterday, as I have for the past several Mondays, it was my privilege to share breakfast with some great men. Some from the past and some in the present. Yesterday, Eric Liddell the Scots Olympian from 1924 and missionary martyr, was our special guest. His was a life that exemplified Psalm 15. From his refusal to run in his premier event at the Olympics, because it was scheduled on the Lord's Day, to, shortly before his death, his giving away of his running shoes to a fellow prisoner, Liddell's life is a study in doing what is right, rather than what is expedient or convenient. You can get an idea of his remarkable life here.
As we listened to a bit of Liddell's story at breakfast yesterday, those of us at the table were well aware that most of us will never be called on to sacrifice Olympic gold or give our lives as martyrs for the Lord's cause. Our service is likely to be more like a character who played a brief but significant role in Liddell's life. Shortly before Liddell ran the 400 meter race that propelled him to fame an American masseur pressed a piece of paper into Liddell's hand. It contained a quotation from 1 Samuel 2:30, "Those who honour me I will honour." Liddell ran with that piece of paper in his hand. Later he said that receiving that piece of paper was the finest thing that happened to him in Paris.
Greatness often lies in the seemingly insignificant.
Lord, may I do what is right today--whether it is small or great is up to You. I simply ask for the ability to see what is right, and the strength and resolve it to do it.
AMEN.It's STTA.
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