I’m a football (sports) addict, I admit it. I love to watch football in particular. Sitting in the bleachers on a crisp & cool fall night watching high school football is one my most favorite things to do. I also can’t help but see so many parallels on the field to my spiritual walk. I watched Michigan beat Penn State today , due in large part to an amazing performance by their running back. Just when it seemed that he would be in the grasp of a 260 lb linebacker, he would break free or drag the defender for a few more yards. Many times it was simply a result of the fact that there was no “quit” in him. His legs would just keep churning and more progress would be made. How many times has there been “quit” in my walk with God. Things got hard (or sometimes too easy) and I just stopped striving to go that extra bit for Him. Right about that time I would without exception stop moving forward and start going backwards. Serving God and knowing Him for that matter, are never “static” it’s just not meant to be that way. God knows us all too well, as soon as we stop improving, we begin regressing. Did you know that in the Gospel of John the verb “believe” is used over 90 times but never the noun “belief”? It’s always about starting to believe or continuing to believe (actively). Just a thought, maybe we should keep those legs churning and get that extra yard for God.
