Sometime in the 1920s, Mallory and some members of his team had just lost their lives in a third and daring attempt to conquer Mount Everest. As the few survivors turned tail and returned to England, sorrow and sighing filled the atmosphere.
It was not the first time Mt. Everest had defeated men or claimed human lives. Previous attempts by brave and noble men to scale its heights had ended in funeral processions. Now Mt. Everest had added many more tombstones to the wealth of the graveyard.
However the history of the triumph of Mt. Everest was coming to an end; for there were men whose spirits would neither stoop to defeat nor bow to failure. These were men who would not accept the word IMPOSSIBILITY.
It is said that on the day a heroes’ banquet was held to salute the courage of brave Mallory and all his comrades living or dead, the leader of the survivors stood up to pay tribute to the dead. Around the hall were framed pictures of Mallory and the other braves who had died and on another wall were the massive awe-inspiring picture of Mt. Everest looming over the audience with an air of mysterious invincibility.
The valiant gentleman briefly eulogized the dead and then turned to face the picture of Mt. Everest. With flaming eyes and tears streaming down his cheeks, he pointed one fore-finger at the picture and uttered these immortal words: “I speak to you, Mt. Everest, in the name of all brave men living and those yet unborn. Mt. Everest, you defeated us once, you defeated us twice; you defeated us three times. But, Mt. Everest we shall someday defeat you, because you can’t get any bigger and we can.”
The effect was dramatic. It fired the soul of everyman and sent electricity down their bones and marrows. Ten more expeditions over a period of thirty years failed to conquer Everest. Amazingly! On May, 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the roof of the world. The highest mountain in the world was defeated!
That was a winning spirit activated by the power of the spoken word. Many people lose the battle of life simply because they lack a winning spirit. A winning spirit is one that refuses to stay in defeat; and will not yield to the pressure and persuasion to dwell in the house of failure forever.
Are you confronted with a challenge – loss of job, debt, marital delay, childlessness, seemingly incurable disease etc. and it seems the “mountain” is insurmountable? Then, I have a word for you! If you will team up with God and speak to that situation continually, just like Mt. Everest was defeated many years ago, that situation will give way! The truth of the matter is, “You are stronger than the strongest situation that confronts you!”
Our prayer for you this month of June is that God of heaven will give you the right words to speak to every challenge in your life and you will overcome everything that tends to limit your advancement in Jesus’ mighty name. No matter what you are going through, never forget, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WIN!
We love you pretty good,
Sam & Dolapo Kuye
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It was not the first time Mt. Everest had defeated men or claimed human lives. Previous attempts by brave and noble men to scale its heights had ended in funeral processions. Now Mt. Everest had added many more tombstones to the wealth of the graveyard.
However the history of the triumph of Mt. Everest was coming to an end; for there were men whose spirits would neither stoop to defeat nor bow to failure. These were men who would not accept the word IMPOSSIBILITY.
It is said that on the day a heroes’ banquet was held to salute the courage of brave Mallory and all his comrades living or dead, the leader of the survivors stood up to pay tribute to the dead. Around the hall were framed pictures of Mallory and the other braves who had died and on another wall were the massive awe-inspiring picture of Mt. Everest looming over the audience with an air of mysterious invincibility.
The valiant gentleman briefly eulogized the dead and then turned to face the picture of Mt. Everest. With flaming eyes and tears streaming down his cheeks, he pointed one fore-finger at the picture and uttered these immortal words: “I speak to you, Mt. Everest, in the name of all brave men living and those yet unborn. Mt. Everest, you defeated us once, you defeated us twice; you defeated us three times. But, Mt. Everest we shall someday defeat you, because you can’t get any bigger and we can.”
The effect was dramatic. It fired the soul of everyman and sent electricity down their bones and marrows. Ten more expeditions over a period of thirty years failed to conquer Everest. Amazingly! On May, 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the roof of the world. The highest mountain in the world was defeated!
That was a winning spirit activated by the power of the spoken word. Many people lose the battle of life simply because they lack a winning spirit. A winning spirit is one that refuses to stay in defeat; and will not yield to the pressure and persuasion to dwell in the house of failure forever.
Are you confronted with a challenge – loss of job, debt, marital delay, childlessness, seemingly incurable disease etc. and it seems the “mountain” is insurmountable? Then, I have a word for you! If you will team up with God and speak to that situation continually, just like Mt. Everest was defeated many years ago, that situation will give way! The truth of the matter is, “You are stronger than the strongest situation that confronts you!”
Our prayer for you this month of June is that God of heaven will give you the right words to speak to every challenge in your life and you will overcome everything that tends to limit your advancement in Jesus’ mighty name. No matter what you are going through, never forget, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WIN!
We love you pretty good,
Sam & Dolapo Kuye
