There may be obstacles in life that appear as road blocks. Notice I said, “Appear as road blocks”. Most of the time these are not road blocks but obstacles. We can let this obstacle be our dwelling place or resting place.
It is plain to see that our limits exist only in our own minds. There was a boy named Matt, on the last day of school this year his class was involved in Track & Field. He ran the 400 meter race with his whole class. The coaches asked if he would like to sit out on this race. Shocked at his answer that he would run, there were probably some people looking on thinking, “why would he do this to himself?” We might put limits on Matt, but he didn’t limit himself. Matt has cerebral palsy and both feet are turned nearly completely inward. As he was a whole lap behind the rest of the class his coach joined him. He walked beside Matt as he struggled to make it to the finish line. Everyone else was done with the race. As they watched their coach join Matt in the race they also joined by walking with him and cheering Matt on to the finish line.
This is true also with Nick Vujicic. Nick was born with no arms and no legs. He has one short flipper for a leg. Many people would have thought it was a hindrance instead of a help. Nick had to learn at a very young age that his limits exist only in his mind. Nick has accomplished more than the average person in life. If you stood him up in front of one million people all of them would have written him an excuse notice. Yet Nick decided to write a success notice instead. I will set goals, I will fall down, I will get back up, I will fall down again but I will get back up and I will continue to get back up until I achieve the goal that I have set before me.
Romans 12:2
1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
This scripture is very important as we see the steps we need to take:
1. Get ready for the race – Present your bodies a living sacrifice, Holy and acceptable unto the Lord
2. Don’t look around and see what everyone else is doing in the race – Be not conformed to this world
3. Don’t get haughty and proud - Think soberly
4. Realize there are others in the race – There are many members
5. Don’t forget to help others along the way – we are one body.
The real race isn’t that we receive the highest reward or prize but that we bring others along beside you. As Matt finished the race, he was the last person to cross the finish line, but Matt was “A Winner”. He did as the scripture says in Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark . He never gave up until he crossed the mark displaying the finish line.
How many believers in Christ do you know that say, “It’s too hard”, or “He doesn’t love me”, or “Look at all the bad things that have happened to me”. May you get a second wind in this race and be a Matt or a Nick You will never cross the finish line and know what things truly could be unless you finish the race.
“YOUR LIMITS EXIST ONLY IN YOUR MIND”
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