In
the 1929 Rose Bowl, a University of California football player, Roy Riegels,
picked up a fumble by Georgia Tech and raced 65 yards toward the end zone. He
was tackled on the 1-yard line--by his own teammate. Why did a player on
his team tackle him? Because after picking up the fumble, Riegels had
gotten turned around and was running toward the wrong goal line! A few plays
later, Georgia Tech scored a safety and went on to win the game 8-7. Riegels
has gone down in history as "Wrong Way Riegels."
Many
people today are like Roy Riegels--running toward the wrong goals in life. Some
people are running after pleasure. Others are running after money or fame. They
never realize until it's too late that they've been heading in the wrong
direction. Proverbs 14:12 says, "There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way of death."
The
right goal in life is to love God with all our heart and seek to please Him in
all we do. "We have as our ambition . . . to be pleasing to Him" (2
Cor. 5:9). So if you've been running in the wrong direction, don't get upset
when people tackle you before you cross the goal line. They're just trying to
do you a favor. www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com www.makinglifecount.net
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