Flag Bearer

It was with sadness that we heard the news of the death of another sports star, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi. He was the first black South African to be ranked number one in the world and he won a silver medal at the Olympic games in Athens 2004. He was also our official flag bearer at that same Olympics. May he rest in peace.

In times of war soldiers took great pride in carrying the flag of their nation. Whenever a flag bearer was shot down, someone else would pick up the flag and carry it further into the battle. So now that a 'flag bearer' of our nation has gone down, we hope and pray that others will step forward and carry the pride of our nation into the future.

Psalm 60: 4 - "Then you planted a flag to rally your people, an unfurled flag to look to for courage. Now do something quickly, answer right now, so the one you love best is saved." (MSG)

The same thing should also apply in our Christian faith. When a flag bearer of faith goes down or passes away, we should be willing to pick up the flag of Jesus and to carry it into the future. There will come a time when we too will pass away, but then we trust that someone else will carry the name of Jesus into the next part of the battle.

2 Corinthians 5:20 -  "We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."

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