Winning in the Game of life (Part V)

One of my sons’ favorite Bible stories was the story of David and Goliath. It has become my favorite story too, because in this story, a young shepherd boy, against all odds becomes the hero by killing a nine foot tall Giant that had terrorized a whole Nation. 

This monster of a man had brought the whole nation of Israel to a stand still. Even the King, Saul was paralyzed by fear as this man taunted the armies of Israel. What Saul saw as an obstacle, and a big one at that, David saw as an opportunity. As someone once said, “David saw Goliath not as a threat too big to hit, but as a target too big to miss.” Winners see opportunities in every difficult situation while losers see only the obstacles. This is what we talked about last week; having the right perspective in life.

This week we want to look at another key element that is required of us if we are going to win in the game of life. And that is PASSION. Passion is everything; our passions are what make us come alive. The apathetic person (one lacking passion in life) is a pathetic person. Young David so much wanted to have a go at this Giant that even the discouraging words of his elder brother Eliab, could not stop him. Even the King tried to stop him by telling him, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” But the young lad David understood one great truth that we all have to know;

 “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, but the size of the fight in the dog that does”.

What is the size of the fight in you? In other words how badly do you want to win? This is what separates the boys from the men. The desire to win, passion is what separates the winners from the losers. According to Dr. John Maxwell, we all must answer three great questions in life:

1. What do we want?
2. Why do we want it?
3. How badly do we want it?

If you can answer those three great questions in life, then you are on the right track of winning in the game of life.

“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is” – Vince Lombardi