Well, football season is upon us. The NFL lock out has ended and we are all putting our hopes and dreams in our favorite teams. Wouldn't it be awesome if your team took a ride to the play-offs and maybe even the super bowl?
Sports stories are always moving to me. I watched the NFL channel's biography on the Sharp brothers and saw the rags to riches story. The drive that was in Shannon Sharpe enabled him to be one of the chosen few to enter into the Hall of Fame this past weekend. But if someone hadn't looked his way, if someone hadn't given him a chance at a small school, we might never had seen that amazing tight end that wowed us with his amazing presence on the gridiron. Someone gave him a chance.
One of my favorite football movies is The Blind Side which is the story about Michael Oher. Here is a boy full of promise in the gifting department, but he had so much against him. Until one day, when someone took him into their family and called him their own. It reminds me how all of us that have believed are adopted into the family of God. We all have been created by God. We all have gifts and talents that He's given us. But we were born into a sinful world and that isn't something you can just shake off. Thank God we had a loving Father who sacrificed His son on a cross so that we might have eternal life and be able to enter into a relationship with God.
Yes, I'm a sucker for a good football story of the one kid that made it to the big leagues. And I'm also eternally grateful for the chance that God gives all of us if we accept the gospel and turn our lives over to the Father. It gives me peace knowing that He is the God above all other gods and has the power over life and death. That same God that created the universe invites us to be a part of His family. Won't you join Him? Won't you step into the blessings that God has for you today?
-Pastor Andy
