Thousands of athletes, sportsmen and women from all over the world are gathering in London to determine who would be the fastest, strongest and best in the whole world. To achieve that required hours of strenuous training and exercise, years in advance.
Every winner receives a prize, a gold medal for first place, silver for second and bronze for third! Some would receive a bouquet of flowers as well. In certain categories, athletes would receive clothing and sportswear from manufacturers or sponsors for years to come. Some would receive money.
For many of the competitors, first place is the only place that matters.
But what about us, who are not taking part? What would we want to achieve? What competition would we prefer to take part in? What are our chances to be the winner among 7 billion people on earth?
For we who are watching, will receive nothing but good entertainment during a fleeting part of our lives.
However, God loves us so much that He has a huge prize for every winner in life and the best part is that we are not competing with other people! First prize is everlasting Life and co-heir of the Kingdom with Jesus Christ! God has also prepared a house for every winner in heaven, plus a reward!
There will be no gold medals because we would be walking on streets of gold.
All we have to do is to follow Jesus in the track to the end of our earthly race.
Each and every follower of His is a winner!
There are no second or third places and only those who refuse to take part will be called “lost” for rejecting the only life Sponsor during the short timeline that was available to them.
Call the press, whether we are part of the Summer Olympics or not, we are winners in Jesus Christ!