Whereas the bible says
that 'bodily exercise has only little value,' today we devote ourselves
to sports, exercising, aerobics and what have you, as if our very lives
depend on it. I am not saying that the bible is against all this, but
we turn the winners into idols. But they are not gods. And when they
fall down, we tend to forget them or even despise them. Everything, including
the moneys paid, is way out of balance here. Do you really think it is that
great to become the worldchamp by 1/100th of a second?! What about all the
cheating through doping? And what about all the scheming that is going on, the
fights and so forth?
We need examples one may suppose. And indeed we do. We do need people
we can identify with. Great men and women that lead us, that inspire us, that
set us on our way and keep us going.
At the end of his life Moses was called the meekest person on earth. Solomon
testifies: 'Let not your own mouth praise you' and elsewhere it says 'he that receives testimony
from God, is truly praised indeed.' Now Moses, then, was a real hero!
Wouldn't you want to be a true champion? What, if after a life of hardship,
effort and spiritual fatigue, you enter the heavens and God says to you: "Well
done faithful servant, you were best in that or that." And so all Gods children
will receive their respective rewards. They indeed are the true champs. The
others, in the end, are actually major losers. They will not be able to take
their rewards, money or whatever with them. It says somewhere in the Psalms
that a person that keeps to God's ways 'rejoices as one that finds great
spoils.' And indeed Christians are co-inheritors with Christ.
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