In a story titled “Grace Sugut, Eliud Kipchoge’s Wife, Runs Her First Marathon” published earlier this week it was reported that Eliud Kipchoge hasn’t exactly retired from competitive running yet. The 41-year-old “GOAT” of the men’s marathon is still training and racing—but now with more of a focus on being an ambassador for the sport and “inspiration.”
You can count Kipchoge’s wife, Grace Sugut, among those he has inspired to run 26.2 miles. Sugut completed her first marathon at Sunday’s Cape Town Marathon in South Africa. She crossed the finish line in a time of 4:29:59, placing 2,353 out of the 6,914 women in the Cape Town field….
Before the race, Kipchoge gave some advice to Sugut. “My advice actually is to line up in the starting line,” he told the media “Enjoy the whole race, feel that pain all through the race, cut through the finishing line, and, you know, she will be accomplished. She will not be the same.”
And, you know, when it comes to being an ambassador, you and I would do well to remember that, as believers, each one of us has been called to “the ministry of reconciliation.” Put simply, this means that we are to be busy helping people fix their broken relationship with God and with each other.
You see, here’s the deal… Sin broke the relationship between humans and God. Jesus' death and resurrection repaired that broken bond. And because of that we, as reconciled believers, now act as representatives and official messengers of God’s Kingdom, tasked with the awesome privilege of telling others that God is ready to welcome them back in the same way that He did us. Is that amazing or what?
And you can be sure this is a job we never retire from! We keep training in the Word and racing to the finish line, beseeching all those in our path to join us as we pursue the prize!
So, from this moment forward, make it your mission to be the best ambassador for Christ that you can be my friend. Let your faith be so strong and so well known that it inspires your family, your friends, and all those you come into contact with.
Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us the awesome privilege of being an ambassador on Your behalf. Help us to understand what a great honor it is to have such a title Lord that we would take it seriously and do our very best to implore the lost to be reconciled back to You before it’s too late. It’s in Your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!
You can count Kipchoge’s wife, Grace Sugut, among those he has inspired to run 26.2 miles. Sugut completed her first marathon at Sunday’s Cape Town Marathon in South Africa. She crossed the finish line in a time of 4:29:59, placing 2,353 out of the 6,914 women in the Cape Town field….
Before the race, Kipchoge gave some advice to Sugut. “My advice actually is to line up in the starting line,” he told the media “Enjoy the whole race, feel that pain all through the race, cut through the finishing line, and, you know, she will be accomplished. She will not be the same.”
“Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” 1 Corinthians 5:18-19
You see, here’s the deal… Sin broke the relationship between humans and God. Jesus' death and resurrection repaired that broken bond. And because of that we, as reconciled believers, now act as representatives and official messengers of God’s Kingdom, tasked with the awesome privilege of telling others that God is ready to welcome them back in the same way that He did us. Is that amazing or what?
As Christ’s ambassadors then, we are called to passionately beg or plead with others in a deeply emotional, urgent, or desperate manner “on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” This is something you can be sure we do with our lips and with our lives, preaching the Gospel and living in such great appreciation for what salvation has done for us that our passion and faith becomes an “inspiration” to others.
"Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing." 2 Timothy 4:8
And you can be sure this is a job we never retire from! We keep training in the Word and racing to the finish line, beseeching all those in our path to join us as we pursue the prize!
So, from this moment forward, make it your mission to be the best ambassador for Christ that you can be my friend. Let your faith be so strong and so well known that it inspires your family, your friends, and all those you come into contact with.
Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us the awesome privilege of being an ambassador on Your behalf. Help us to understand what a great honor it is to have such a title Lord that we would take it seriously and do our very best to implore the lost to be reconciled back to You before it’s too late. It’s in Your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!
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