In every Olympics, the athletes' ability to defy limits and achieve new standards of excellence inspires people the world over. Each gold medal represents a triumph of beauty, strength, and courage. Few of us may enter an Olympics, but all of us face the multiple events and challenges of life. What will we win? The Apostle Paul puts it this way: "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.... Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible." I Cor. 9:24, 25.
Jesus taught
his followers
to accept the Christ
as their own nature.
The race he referred to is the triumph over our limitations, a victory we can achieve through Christ. The Christ, which is still with us today, was the spiritual identity of Jesus that gave him absolute power to calm storms, heal the sick, and even revive the dead. Jesus taught his followers, including those who follow him today, to accept the Christ as their own nature derived from God, and to begin to prove it in their lives. This prepares one for the bigger challenges that come along.
