A few days in Bath have given opportunity to watch daughter Rachel on the sports field again. An exciting hockey match demonstrated vigorous exertion as ladies competed on a freezing cold and very wet afternoon. Discomfort did not deter Rachel’s team, nor did knowing that they were one goal down.
It is a wonderful parable of the Christian life which can sometimes be so very uncomfortable. There is no place for discouragement. We strive for excellence and exert ourselves to win!
And everyone who competes for the prize exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. (1 Corinthians 925)
If for the sake of a game girls fight for all they are worth, should not men take the kingdom by force.