I CAN DO EVERYTHING

Friday - May 29, 202

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“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:13

Eric Liddell was a Scottish Olympic Gold Medalist runner and Christian missionary to China. He was born in China to Scottish missionary parents. He attended a boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterward attended the University of Edinburgh.

Eric was the subject of the 1981 movie “Chariots of Fire”. He ran at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He won the 400 meters race, a race he had not trained for.

The following year he returned to China to serve as a missionary teacher. Aside from two furloughs in Scotland, he remained in China for the next 20 years until his death in a Japanese civilian internment camp in 1945.

Eric knew the Lord had blessed him with speed. He also knew that his future was beyond the running track.

Eric said: “It has been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. You see, each one of us is in a greater race than any I have run in Paris, and this race ends when God gives out the medals.”

Through Jesus Christ, we can do all things. Today in prayer, look to the Lord for your confidence and trust in His power.

“All of nature depends on hidden resources. The great trees send their roots down into the earth to draw up water and minerals. Rivers have their sources in the snow-capped mountains. The most important part of a tree is the part you cannot see, the root system, and the most important part of the Christian's life is the part that only God sees. Unless we draw on the deep resources of God by faith, we fail against the pressures of life. Paul depended on the power of Christ at work in his life. "I can-through Christ!" was Paul's motto, and it can be our motto too.” - Warren Wiersbe

God’s Word: “But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9