As much fun as playing Mario Kart can be, it is still a competition at its’ core… players use a combination of racing techniques and offensive weapons to advance towards the top spot, with each racer viewing their fellow participants as their primary opposition rather than the actual race track itself. As a result, we can prioritize the destruction of other racers over simply running our own race well, celebrating the missteps and falls of our competitors as we move ahead of them in the race. But this temporary advantage can be deceptive… moving into first place makes US the new primary target for all the blue shells and other attacks that were just used to knock our opponents out of the race. In true Biblical fashion, those who fight to be first in Mario Kart truly shall be last and the last end up first.

It can be easy to make the mistake of looking at our earthly race as a competition with others instead of a battle against demonic forces in a war for souls… and because of this we tend to celebrate the falls of those who’ve behaved in an adversarial manner to us instead of showing them the same mercy we have received from the Father. Let’s resist the sinful urge to dance when an enemy “gets what they deserve”, and instead behave in a manner that brings honor to the Lord’s name in both the sunshine and in the rain.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him. Proverbs 24:17-18

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:44-45

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