Before each round in professional golf, the player’s caddy walks the course. He marks down distances, notes where the traps and water hazards are, and notes the pin placement on each hole for that day. He makes those preparations so that his player can successfully navigate the course with the lowest possible score.
In many ways, life is like a round of golf and you, as a caddy, have to prepare for it. In golf, there are easy holes and there are more difficult ones. There are hazards to avoid when possible and if you find yourself in one, you need to know how to get out of it. Some golfers even resort to prayer when they find themselves in difficulty. (Prayer helps in life also.)
The bottom line for the average golfer is to finish the course with his temper and his clubs intact and to reach the 18th hole. In life the 18th hole is death. When the round is over there is no time to wish you had done something differently; no going back and replaying a hole.
Paul obviously wasn’t thinking about golf when he said in 2 Timothy 4:7, “I have finished my course.” But he was thinking about the conclusion of his life on earth, and because he had properly prepared his time on earth with Christ as his Savior, he could say that there was a crown of righteousness awaiting him. How’s your round of life going?
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