What do you Do?

Chariots of Fire was a 1981 British film. It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice. Eric had reached his dream of representing the United Kingdom as a 100-meter runner. But en route to the Games he learned that his event would be on Sunday the day Eric Liddell believed was reserved for God.  A day on which his deep convictions would not allow him to participate. Eric Liddell realized that when there's a choice between compromising and your convictions, there's really only one choice. Taking your stand, no matter what it may cost. Liddell puts God first and stands his ground. He is not running  and refuses to run on Sunday. There was a suggestion made to him that he run later in an event that was not his event the 400-meter race. Just before the race another runner slips Eric a note. It read, “The old Book says, “He that honors Me I will honor.” That day Eric Liddell won the gold. Later Eric Liddell went on to become a missionary to China. In 1943 he was placed in a prison camp to which he never was released. On February 21, 1945, just five months before his liberation, he died. Our mission, like Eric Liddell must remain unchanged at work, at school, at home and in our relationships. We should always do the right thing. Always tell the truth, always be honest, always take the high road, always say no to temptation, always forgive, always put the other person first and always give God the glory. Our job is just to do the right thing even when it costs; that is what the word sacrifice means.

Psalms 4:5  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness by trusting the LORD.  Our righteous efforts are not nearly enough to make it happen. That is where the second part of the verse comes in. After we have done the right thing trust in the Lord for what you could never have done on your own.

Proverbs 3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

I Samuel 2:30……   them that honour me I will honour,