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Wikipedia Summary for Eric Liddell
Eric Henry Liddell (16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player, and Christian missionary. He was born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents. He attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh.
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell refused to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres because they were held on a Sunday. Instead he competed in the 400 metres held on a weekday, a race that he won. He returned to China in 1925 to serve as a missionary teacher. Aside from two furloughs in Scotland, he remained in China until his death in a Japanese civilian internment camp in 1945.
Liddell's Olympic training and racing, and the religious convictions that influenced him, are depicted in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire, in which he is portrayed by fellow Scot and University of Edinburgh alumnus Ian Charleson.
Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit.
As Christians, I challenge you. Have a great aim -- have a high standard -- make Jesus your ideal...make Him an ideal not merely to be admired but also to be followed.
If you commit yourself to the love of Christ, then that is how you run a straight race.
And where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.
Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God's plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins. God's love is still working. He comes in and takes the calamity and uses it victoriously, working out His wonderful plan of love.
Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God's plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins.
The kingdom is where the King reigns. If He is reigning in my heart, then the Kingdom of Heaven has come to me.
I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast.
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.
The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster.
Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.
Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty.
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best, I put before you what I have found to be the best -- one who is worthy of all our devotion -- Jesus Christ. He is the Saviour for the young and the old. Lord, here I am.
In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.
You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.
God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.