Running Toward Who You Were Made to Be

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell faced a crisis that would define him forever. Liddell was favored to win the 100 meters, but when he learned the heats fell on a Sunday, he refused to run. The British Olympic Committee pressured him. The press mocked him. An entire nation questioned his loyalty. But Liddell knew something the world didn't — his identity was not built on a gold medal.

He switched to the 400 meters, an event he had barely trained for, and stunned everyone by winning gold and setting a world record. Years later, his famous words captured the theology behind his choice: "God made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure."

Notice what Liddell did not say. He didn't say, "When I win, I feel His pleasure." He didn't say, "When the crowd cheers, I know who I am." His identity was rooted not in performance but in purpose — not in what he accomplished but in how the Almighty had fashioned him.

The world will always try to hand you an identity based on your last result, your title, your productivity. But the God who knit you together in your mother's womb already settled the question of who you are. You are His — crafted with intention, called by name.

The question is never whether you are enough. The question is whether you will trust the One who made you.