Jim Braddock in Cinderella Man
William Wallace in Braveheart
The Basher Brother in Mighty Duck
Vince Papale in Invincible
And...I know there are a lot more.
I was thinking of examples of "warrior" types who made comebacks. They were away for a while, but came back better than ever. I don't really think it's so much their talent that developed. I think it's their heart--their passion--their determination. They come back on the field no longer just a soldier or a boxer or whatever else. They come back with something fueling their very heart and focusing their eyesight on something bigger.
I hope God brings some warriors back on the field right now--soldiers who may have been in obscurity for years, but God has been doing a deep work in their heart. I pray that truly broken men would speak from pulpits and lead prayer meetings and evangelistic outreaches. Because for some reason, that hidden season gives them an even greater resolve to finish the race --with One person's glory in mind and only the treasures of heaven as what they want to gain. They haven't been broken into incapable and washed up preachers. They have become wrecked with the reality of who Christ is--a reality that reaches into their heart and pulls out the person God has called them to be to shift things in this season. "It's not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit," declares the Lord.
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