This is the story of two men who are Olympic runners...not to run... but to prove something to the world.They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals...Except their faith.
2 Corinthians 4:6-15 (King James Version)
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
The movie 'Chariots of Fire' explains this passage pretty well. These men were Olympic runners for England as Adolf Hitler gained in power. Hitler boasted of the superiority of his Arian Race athletes. It was a troubled time in the world, wars and rumors of war abounded. These men asked God to help them have strength showing that those resting in His strength would triumph. These men knew when their time on earth finished, they had fought the good fight. Just as they knew because the battle was His, they would rest in His rest. As these men passed on, they knew the world would keep revolving, but the battle is still His. More of God's men, would continue to to proclaim Him.
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