Commitment And Power

God honors our commitment, and at the point of our obedience He takes over to work His mighty work.

We need to commit ourselves to His purpose.

A human interest story from the 1984 New York Marathon illustrates God’s reward for commitment. Fourteen hundred people ran that marathon. The course took them twenty-six miles through the boroughs of New York City. Not everyone completed the course; in fact, far more always drop out than finish. The winning time is almost always somewhere between two and three hours.

Linda Down was the last person to complete the race. It took her eleven hours. She has cerebral palsy, and she runs with the help of crutches. When asked by an interviewer why she even tried, Linda replied, “We are living in negative times. Things feel impossible today. I thought that if I could try to do it, it might be an inspiration to others, and maybe they would try some big things, too.” Then she added, “But the last eleven miles were an act of God.”

“What do you mean, ‘an act of God’?”

“With eleven miles to go, I ran out of my own strength. I didn’t have any more. I finished the race on borrowed power.

All who trust God, and take that ultimate step in trust to commitment, can depend on borrowed power, the power of God Himself. And even the gates of hell cannot prevail against that power.

Isaiah 40:31, But those who wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
and they shall walk and not faint.