He who honors God

Eric Liddell was a Scotsman who was born as a missionary in China. He
had an extraordinary gift to run and he believed God would use him for
his glory. He won race after race for the glory of God until the 1924
Olympics where his qualifying heat was on a Sunday. Now he was faced
with such a grave injustice. How could he say that he ran for God
knowing that he would have to violate the Sabbath to do it. Liddell
decided that he would not run on a Sunday and that angered the British
officials who wanted the gold. In a compromise, he was allowed to
change events and run on a Thursday, but the event he would have to
run was 300 more meters than he had trained for. Instead of a 100
yard dash, he had to run a 400 yard race. He even had to do this
after running in two other races that day. No one expected him to
win, but he said he would run the race and honor God. American
Sprinter Jackson Schultz gives him a message that said, "He who
honors God, him he will honor". Eric Liddell faced ridicule and
mockery for refusing to qualify on a Sunday, but look what happened.

1924 Olympics Eric Liddell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fKN5VkDAkg

Eric Liddell died on the mission field in China of am inoperable brain
tumor. He will always be remembered by this defining moment.