The Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight is tomorrow night. I think about how badly I want Manny to win because he loves Christ and he is facing an opponent who seems to live in a way that contradicts so many Biblical principles. I want so badly for Manny to beat this guy. I feel like a win for Mayweather is a win for evil. Through prayer and reflection I now have a greater peace if Manny was to lose. This is for the following reasons....
God does not call is to be the best, He calls us to be the best we can be. If we do this for His glory, then we can sit back and allow Him to use it as He sees fit. He will use all things for His glory (Romans 8:28). There will be people in this world who are better at certain things than us. That's okay. I can't think of anywhere in the Bible where God calls us to be the best there is at something. He does however call us to work to develop our abilities to become the very best we can be. This brings tremendous peace, for it takes the pressure off of having to win. We can enjoy battling to prepare to be our best and then working to perform our best in the moment. What incredible peace there is in knowing that your purpose is never winning. Your purpose is to glorify God by doing your best, doing so with an attitude that represents Him well, and knowing that we can surrender the results to Him.
This doesn't mean that you don't try to win. Part of doing your best is trying to bring about thenvest possible results, but again, there is peace knowing that you don't have to win in order to accomplish your purpose. Your purpose is to glorify the Lord.
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