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Several years ago (1979 we believe), as a hundred thousand fans watched, Richard Petty ended his 45-race losing streak and picked up stockcar racing's biggest purse-$73,900. It all happened at the Daytona 500. Petty's win, however, was a complete surprise. Going into the last lap, he was running 30 seconds behind the two leaders (Allison and Yarbourgh). All at once the car in second place trie...
webstix.com Tony Herman - the coolest cat on the net
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
RACE
Several years ago (1979 we believe), as a hundred thousand fans watched, Richard Petty ended his 45-race losing streak and picked up stockcar racing's biggest purse-$73,900. It all happened at the Daytona 500. Petty's win, however, was a complete surprise. Going into the last lap, he was running 30 seconds behind the two leaders (Allison and Yarbourgh). All at once the car in second place tried to pass the No. 1 man on the final stretch. This caused the first car to drift inside and force the challenger onto the infield grass, and slightly out of control. What happened next was incredible. The offended
driver pulled his car back onto the track, caught up with the leader, and forced him into the outside wall. Both vehicles came to a screeching halt. The two drivers jumped out and quickly got into an old-fashioned slugging match. In the meantime, third-place Petty cruised by for the win. Petty wasn’t even supposed to be racing… against Doctors orders he had just had part of his stomach removed from an ulcer… but you don’t give up, you don’t quit - good things will happen.
When Jesus said the first shall be last…
Matthew 20:16 The parable of the farmer who hires some laborers and late in the day finds some more laborers standing around… He asks why are you standing here? Because no one has hired us. Jesus hires them and they only work a few hours…. but they all get payed. The ones who worked the full day get mad. Jesus straightens out the mess but then says this…In the same way the first shall be last the the last shall be first.
**maybe the last will be first only because they just kept persevering. When no one hired them in the morning, they hung around waiting, not giving up… Jesus is saying in the long run I will honor those who don’t give up.
A woman was showing a friend her new baby The friend said ”she’s beautiful “ the mother exclaimed “this is nothing you should see her picture”.
Victory, success, spiritual depth, winning, anointing whatever you want to call it in life and the Christian walk- it can very easily seem like it supposed to be easy.
Social media makes it look easy…
Mark 5:24 Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. 25 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. 27 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. 28 For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.
You know what I see in this story? Yes Jesus is powerful and merciful and heals the woman… but I see a woman who never gave up. Who had a need and kept trying everything until she came in contact with Jesus. Keep doing whatever you need to do in order to come into contact with Jesus.
I was in prayer a few years ago and felt like I was praying to the wall. I kept pushing in and saying God send a revival… and he spoke so clear and said “create your own revival” I asked how… he said “just keep pushing in”. And I did… and nothing happened… but I kept pushing in and in just a few short weeks I had one of the greatest moves of God in my life ever.
