"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
New creation
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17This verse contains such an encouraging promise that everything has been made new. It is so much part of human experience to mess up and wish we could start over; but is not usually possible. But amazingly God offers us a new start – a new birth, a new life. Olnly God can do that. And only God can say, “The old has gone”. As we read the New Testament, there are least another 9 examples of new things which God promises us.
a new life (Romans 6:4)
a new self (Colossians 3:10, Ephesians 4:24)
a new covenant (Hebrews 9:15, 1 Corinthians 11:25; Luke 22:20)
a new birth into a living hope (1 Peter 1:3)
a new command (1 John 2:7, John 13:34)
a new name (Revelation 2:17)
a new song (Revelation 5:9)
a new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21:1, 2 Peter 3:13)
As you play your part in the world of sport today remember that you are a new creation and that “The old has gone, the new is here”.