The marathon draws its inspiration from a legendary runner name Phidippides, who was dispatched to Athens in 490 B.C. to deliver news of the Greek victory at Marathon.Upon arriving, Phidippides delivered his news, collapsed and died.
Application:
What price will our race demand of us? Is the news so worth telling that we cannot but finish the run? Will the victories of Christ for us not be the greatest news that anyone could hear? How will we run the race? How will we finish? How shall they hear without a preacher (Rom.10:14)?Reference used:
Rom.10:14 "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?"
