In the twist of fate~ (A true story on the race of life).

This is a true story. And i was a witness to it all.
Once upon a time, there was a great conference held somewhere in a remote town. There were some two ministers who was invited as part of the guest list. One of the two ministers was an international speaker, while the other was a local preacher. At this great conference, the audience went so wild over the international speaker's presence and they celebrated him far more than the local speaker.
People shifted focus from the podium where the local speaker was speaking; when the international speaker arrived. The local speaker had to hurry off the platform so that they can introduce the international speaker who was the main speaker for the night.
As they introduced the international speaker, everybody passed by the local speaker to the international speaker, picking up his bible, honoring him and ushering him to the pulpit. There were bodyguards, protocol officers all over the place. The conference ended powerfully.
Several years later, the conference has been forgotten. Life went by as if normal. And in the twist of fate, the international speaker of yesterday had fallen into a big scandal. He has lost his reputation and had to quit his mega-ministry. Alas!The local preacher of yesterday had grown stronger and greater. He waxed stronger, until the local speaker had become an international speaker.
The moral? The Lord searches the hearts, while men look on the outward. The race is not to the swift, and the battle is not to the strong. This thing is a marathon. It is not a 100M dash. So, do not compare your life with others.