I praise and thank God for the role models we have in this great country. Congrats to the Texas Rangers for making history. In case you're living under a rock, the Rangers are heading to the World Series for the first time in their franchise history. Amazing!
Have you heard of the advertising campaign entitled, "I am second?" Josh Hamilton plays left field/center field for the Rangers. He's a phenomenal athlete. But did you know he's a devout and publicly practicing Christian?
To hear his testimony and to now understand how he got to the pinnacle of his baseball career blows my mind. His life was hellish at one point during bouts of his sinful addictions. God gave him the greatest adversity so he had no other choice but to seek God for help and for guidance. Leaving a life of sin after having lost his parents in a fatal car accident and temporarily losing his ability to play baseball, Hamilton had no other choice but to look up for the answers to his life.
Last night, he showed spiritual humility in his post-game victory interview. He admits and believes that his success is not his own. For without God's grace, he wouldn't be where he is today. The success in his baseball career is not because of his performance. It's simply because he recognizes his gifts and talents are all being used for a greater purpose. I have goosebumps after learning what God had in store for Hamilton in order to make him rely on nothing but His love. Look where he is now.
Lord, help us all to realize our potential by understanding that it's not about us in the greatness of our accomplishments. After all, we all come second to your greater love and awesome power.
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