The saying goes like this; ‘When the going gets tough the
tough get going.’ Used in ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House’ and ‘Lion King II’,
it’s a phrase that is meant to inspire commitment and uncompromising perseverance,
the opposite of how this unnamed soldier lived his life.
Sensing an opportunity to be the King-maker, seeing a moment
for personal promotion, searching for a way to get noticed by the future King,
this anonymous soldier weaved a story that got him tangled up in it. That would
lead to his death, a sad end, the tough didn’t get going anymore!
It is sometimes too easy to take a short-term opportunity at
the expense of the longer-term honour that comes to those who let God set the
direction for a life, a business, a church, even a nation. Too often when we
take over we dishonour God and dishonour others as well.
If only he’d been honest, if only he’d been honourable, we
might have known his name and he might have become great. Jesus said that the
last will be first, the least will be the greatest, so why not believe Him instead
of pushing your own agenda. Then you can wait to see what His plans are for
your life, and God’s plans are always good.
Try it!
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