Right Race
“Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.” Psalms 119:105 NKJV https://www.bible.com/114/psa.119.105.nkjv As a perfect mix of a wrong and right racer, Justin Gatlin’s record as the oldest sprinter to win a medal in the men’s 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships provides the real life’s struggle with the pressure of performance. Whether at home, workplace, social functions, and the political space, maintaining the right lane and pace with the pressure of performance is sincerely impossible, without the shinning light in the word of God. When the Psalmist declared the word of God as the lamp to his feet and light to his path, he clearly denounced the subtle or stern influence of other sources of guidance or enhancers, including human opinion, cultural complications, political correctness, and diplomatic disposition. Although running the race of life with the variants of enhancers is widely acknowledged as cheating, the pressure of performance often ...