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How wonderful it is when you have people all around you with words and actions to cheer. It is a different ball game when you seem to be walking on a lonely path with no one to cheer and no action to uplift: At such times, what do you do? Many give up their quests and pursuit, but not the man David. David returned to his camp with his six hundred valiant men and found that their camp had been invaded and their wives and children taken as hostages. David and his men wept until they had no more strength to cry, but David encouraged himself in the Lord. This is the attitude of champions. If you truly seek to become a champion; you will have to learn to encourage yourself in the Lord.
In the words of the song writer – “Through many trials, toils and snares; I have already come. It’s grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will see me through”. The path of champions is often time laden with trials, toils and snares. It is a path where you really may never be able to find many associates. What you readily find are critics who question the authenticity of your claims. It is a path that ministers questions and these questions are the type which only God can answer for you. It takes a champion to look beyond the present into the glorious dawn earmarked for him and to proclaim – “All shall be well”.
Not many are ready to go all the way with you when results are not coming as fast as expected. They soon abandon you, proclaiming there is no help for you in God. It takes a champion to be able to rise in the words of the psalmist to proclaim – “Many there be that say of my soul, there is no help for him in God, but Thou O God art a shield for me, my glory and the Lifter up of my head” Psalm 3:2-3. There will be many ready to welcome you when you arrive, but not many will be there to cheer you up by their words and actions, to propel you to get there. The eyes of champions are so fixed on their expected end, that the reluctance of men makes no difference. A champion has his eyes fixed on the victory and not really on men who rally around the victory.