by Jerry Senn
“In the 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Norway, twenty-three-year-old Tommy Moe of the USA won the gold in the men’s downhill. It was “a beautifully controlled run,” said William Oscar Johnson in Sports Illustrated,” on which he held tucks and thrust his hands forward in perfect form at places where others had stood up and flailed their arms.”
“After his victory, Tommy Moe explained his thought processes. “I kept it simple,” he said, “focusing on skiing, not on winning, not on where I’d place. I remembered to breathe—sometimes I don’t.”
“The winner of the gold medal in the Olympics had to remember the most basic of basics: breathing! He kept it simple.
“Likewise as we seek to have a strong walk with God, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know whether we win or lose. Spiritual strength depends on the basics. We need to make sure we’re breathing the things of the Spirit.” (Leadership Journal)
“Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation” (1 Peter 2:2).