Offer Yourself to God

Romans 6:13      

During the days I spent in the Highlands of Scotland I thought of Eric Liddell’s rugged Olympic training schedule, running in the craggy wet moors with snow-capped mountains as the backdrop. I am awed by his desire, and perseverance as a gold medal Olympian and most of all, a hero of the faith! 

“For the training of the body has limited benefit but Godliness is beneficial in every way." 1 Timothy 4:8

Eric Liddell (the Flying Scotsman) said this about running. “I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure.”

God gives gifts and talents to each of us. At times our gifts are to be used as a service offering to Him, and at times for things that bring us personal pleasure.

What is it that you do when you “feel God’s pleasure?” At work when I comfort a sick child, I feel His pleasure. Hiking in the Scottish Highlands, I felt His pleasure.  

Thank You Lord for the gifts You have given enabling us to bring pleasure to You, to ourselves and to others. Thank You for reminding us that in this flawed world You still find pleasure in Your people.

Missionary Eric Liddell died in a prison camp in China. Winston Churchill managed to secure his freedom for a prisoner exchange. Liddell declined -offering his place to a pregnant woman in the camp, saving her life and her unborn child.