Eyes on Him

Karoly Takacs was a champion shooter in his native Hungary when his right hand, his pistol hand, was shattered by a hand grenade. Ten years later, at the 1948 Games, Takacs won his first Olympic Gold Medal -- using his left hand! Did you know that God can take sour, bitter things in our lives and blend them into something that smells and tastes as sweet as honey? Well, He can indeed! All He needs in the midst of our struggles is our trust and obedience. We may not know where we are being led, but we must trust The One leading us. And, by the way, He doesn't care for the whining and grumbling along the way; He has something to say about that in Philippians 2:14 "Do all things without complaining ..." He wants our trust in and obedience so that He can shine through us before others. You've probably heard "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." That's what Karoly Takacs did – he refused to look back, only forward. That's the secret - to follow we must keep our eyes on The Leader. The sour and the bitter will soon become faint shadows of where we are going and what we are becoming. Pastor Eli said this Sunday: "what we think of ourselves is only a shadow of what we can become." Maybe you are dealing with lemons right now in your life and the struggle seems hopeless. Turn your eyes away from what is sour and bitter, and turn toward He Who is firm and steadfast ... eyes on Him.