“When God gives you an opportunity and puts you in the right place at the right time, you have to make the most of it”.
Sounds like a prolific statement from a well educated minister. But it wasn’t. It was Kyle Busch, driver of “the #18 M & M’s Toyota Camry” in the Sprint Cup NASCAR series. That’s the way they identify their cars in the interviews any way. Kyle was talking about winning the race last weekend, March 23.
In case you’re not a NASCAR fan, it is an endurance race. Usually about 400 to 500 laps around a 1/2 mile to a 2 mile tack. Tackling banking turns at 100 to 200 miles per hour developing a strategy on tries and fuel that will help you finish better than 42 other drivers. Each driver has a team who’s responsable for servicing the car at random intervals.
In life, we don’t know how many “laps”until the “finish”. However, we DO know we want the absolute best finish possible. Along the way, we have people to help and even someone to give us advice along the way. We also need to look for the opportunities God gives us, be close enough to Him to see them, and take advantage of them.
Find the refuge for the “race” in the Word and you’ll have your best finish.
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