CHRISTIS YOUR EXAMPLE. FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS. 1 PETER 2:21 TLB Winning the biggest battle of all
Richard Halverson wrote Do you want to be a winner? Compete against yourself, not somebody else. Outrunning your rival doesnt mean you ran your best race. You can win over another and still not fulfil your potential. To be your best you must compete with yourself. Its lifes biggest contest. A loser is a winner however many his losses, if he conquers himself. And a winner is a loser however many his victories, if he loses in the battle with himself. Alexander the Great conquered the world, yet cursed his own lack of self-control. Victory over others may in fact be the very thing that contributes to the winners failure to conquer self. Winning makes him arrogant, independent, thoughtless and sometimes cruel. To put it another way, it isnt what happens to you that makes the difference, but how you handle it. The one who stops maturing spiritually because he thinks he knows more scripture than others, or has more success in ministry, is still far from being what Christ has planned for him. If you must compare yourself with another, compare yourself with Christ. Christis your example. Follow in His steps: He never sinned, never told a lie, never answered back when insulted; when He suffered He did not threaten to get even; He left His case in the hands of God who always judges fairly (1 Peter 2:21-23 TLB). Go ahead, measure yourself by that standard! And when you see how far short you fall, get down on your knees and ask God to mould and fashion your life into the full potential, the divine original He intended. Do that, and you will win the biggest battle of all!