Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Some people make the news while some others report the
news. Yet there are many people who neither make the news nor report the news.
They are usually content to stay in the sidelines, just watching the world go
by, never commenting, never making suggestions or even criticizing. Such people
are actually spectators in the race of life including the races they are
supposed to run in life but which they either consciously or unconsciously
refuse to run; choosing to be impassive spectators. Beloved, you cannot afford
to be a spectator in your race. If you watch others and do not run your race,
how on earth do you get to destination, especially if your destination is the
top?
David for instance was ordained by God to become King
in Israel even when King Saul was still on the throne and was grooming his son
Jonathan to inherit the throne. Yet, David ran his race. He did not watch as an
impassive spectator. He brought Goliath down and ended the intimation and oppression
of Israel by the Philistines through Goliath’s taunts and boasts. That earned
him respect and great admiration by the people of Israel. Twice, David was
opportune to hack down King Saul to smithereens yet David chose to do that which
was honorable. He did not lay his hands on the Lord’s anointed. But when the Amalekites
attempted to bring sorrow to David and his men after they burned down Ziklag
and took the women and children captive, David ran an extremely competitive
race. Tired, weary and to some extent uncertain of what lay ahead, David
enquired of the Lord what next steps to take. Guided by the Lord, David outran
the Amalekites and recovered all that they had attempted to steal from him.
Severally, the enemy attempts to steal and could
actually succeed if you act as an impassive spectator in the race of life. But
if you get on your knees and respond to the blast of the gun to begin the race,
you definitely can by the Spirit of God outrun the enemy no matter how far he
has gone. So shall they fear the name of
the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the
enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a
standard against him. Isaiah Chapter 59 verse 19.
Therefore, Stop looking at people running their own
race (1st Corinthians Chapter 9 verses 24 to 27, 2nd
Timothy Chapter 4 verses 6 to 8, Philemon Chapter 1 verse 6) because you will
succeed just as David succeeded.
