If you have ever watched the Olympics, you would have noticed highly trained athletes packing the track and field, ready to compete in their ultimate events.

Take the 100m sprint, for example; some of the fastest people on earth are ready to run against one another and the clock to experience a moment of glory. They have prepared for this. The time comes, and you hear the announcer pronounces, “On Your Mark ….”

– (Now pause and rewind) –

This sprinter has not ended up on the world stage by accident. He has spent years training and preparing for this moment of glory. She sacrificed much and did what it took to ensure she was ready to run the biggest race of her life. How hard they have trained, practised, prepared and sacrificed is defined by the moment they place themselves on their mark. Everything has come to this. Are they ready for the moment of glory? At this point, it’s not about winning or losing. What matters is the effort they have put into their preparation to be the best they can be, ready for their respective countries and themselves. 

Come what may, they are ready to experience the glory. The only way an athlete can experience the true glory of the moment is if they have prepared for it. If you have an unfit, untrained, and unprepared person to run the same sprint race as the fit, trained, and ready athletes, that person might feel a slight sense of glory for being there, but I guess they would not be prepared to run the race. Instead, they’d prefer to run away to save themselves from the embarrassment.

Your spirituality operates on the same principle. The more you prepare yourself to experience the TRUE Glory of God (Attending church, reading the Bible, praying, etc.), the readier you will be when God pronounces, “On Your Mark…”. When that moment comes, will you be ready to run the race, or will you run away embarrassed?