Trent Bauer, a junior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky, started out this football season as the team mascot. He suited up in a bulldog costume for the first game of the season.

However, Bauer found that he had a desire to play football again, something he hadn’t done since he was 10 years old. When he asked if he could help the team in any way, the coach welcomed him, thinking he might be able to use Bauer on the junior varsity.

After doing well in a couple of junior varsity games, Bauer got a chance to play in the closing minutes of a varsity game. He threw a couple of touchdown passes, and earned a starting assignment in the next game.

Bauer struggled for the first three quarters of the game, but with the final seconds counting down, he fired a touchdown pass that gave his team a come-from-behind victory over cross-town rival Henry Clay.

This remarkable story of a young man who quickly went from mascot to hero reminds us that we may have opportunities to succeed in ways that are far beyond our wildest dreams. David went from shepherd boy to giant-killer in a day’s time. Just imagine what feats we might accomplish if we just continue to show up and offer to do whatever we can for the Lord’s team!

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”—Galatians 6:9.