The Arena #Nightlight #RTTBROS
"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:14 (KJV)
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong
man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is
marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who
comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and
shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows
great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy
cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that
his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know
victory nor defeat.
The Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt:
In his famous poem "The Man in the Arena", Theodore Roosevelt pays tribute to the individual who strives valiantly in pursuit of a worthy cause. He honors the one "whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood" as they labor in the arena of life.
This image calls to mind the Apostle Paul's words in Philippians, where he speaks of pressing on toward the ultimate prize - the "high calling of God in Christ Jesus." The Christian life is not one of passive spectatorship from the stands. Rather, we are called to enter the arena, to stake everything on our faith, and to strive with all our might to live out the Gospel.
We may stumble at times, our faces marred by the dust of our failures and the sweat of our exertions. Yet God does not call us to a life of flawless performance, but to one of perseverance. "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (Matthew 16:24, KJV)
In the arena of faith, success is measured not by an unblemished record, but by the courage to rise each time we fall. For "the righteous falls seven times and rises again." (Proverbs 24:16, KJV). May we keep our eyes fixed on the prize of God's calling, knowing that His grace is sufficient to sustain us in the fray. For "His strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9, KJV)
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