The Ultimate "Game"

Well it was a good weekend in Starkville Mississippi. We had twelve go to Discover 2004 for the weekend. They put us all up in houses of the members there and were terrific host and hostess. The title for the weekend was Discovering the Battle, and what a great battle we are in today against Satin and this world we live in. Satin is alive and well. There is a Movie, I can’t remember the title of, but I remember a line from it. The main character once states, “Killin is my business…and business is good.” Well although not the best movie that I have ever seen, this line reminds me of satin and his “business” of leading many hearts and souls into spiritual death. Of course as we know the outcome of this spiritual war is victory in Gods corner. The battle truly lies within the heart of the individual. Yes: yours and mine. I was able to teach the ninth graders this weekend during one of the class sessions. I dropped by my alameda and pulled a few strings and was able to get a full set of football gear, from the knee pads all the way up through a helmet. I put a few teens up to the task of trying to assemble the gear and get ready as if we were about to play a football game. You see life here on this earth is simply a game. It’s Christians and their coach against the world and their coach. It seams like an unfair game at times. Everybody is out on the field at the same time. Their really are no “bench warmers” in this game, although there appears to be many. They are on the field also playing the game. Their participation is just as needed and important as those who are eat, sleep, and breathe the game. Paul calls this “game” a race. We are all running. He tells us that, “in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious (1 Cor. 9:24).” Both sides or teams have some types of advantages though. For the world’s team their advantage is their great number of players and their ability to disguise themselves as something good or worthy. Yet these advantages are not in any manor superior to those of us on the other team or THE TEAM. We have the greatest Coach and Coaching Staff ever. Their knowledge, ability, and power is infinite. Their tactics and plays are flawless. All we have to do is follow the “play book” that has been drawn up by this magnificent staff. Actually my father is the head coach, my heavenly father that is. And his Assistant Coaches are without a doubt second to none. If you are on this “championship” team, I am proud to be playing with you. But if you are not or haven’t been playing at your full potential, you need to step up to the plate. There aren’t any bench warmers in this game as I mentioned earlier. Which team are you playing on? In HIM, Kirt